How the number of antidepressants prescribed for under-15s changed across Ireland between 2012 and 2022

Carlow / Kilkenny 115%

Cavan / Monaghan 299%

Clare -7.75%

Donegal 149%

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Dublin North Central 25%

Dublin South City 47%

Dublin South East 274%

Dublin South West 190%

Dublin West 197%

Dún Laoghaire 83%

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Galway 225%

Kerry 196%

Kildare / West Wicklow 63%

Laois / Offaly 262%

Limerick 68%

Longford / Westmeath 121%

Louth 65%

Mayo 15%

Meath 76%

North Cork 163%

North Dublin 162%

North Lee 119%

North Tipperary / East Limerick 188%

North West Dublin 121%

Roscommon 89%

Sligo / Leitrim / West Cavan 98%

South Lee 88%

South Tipperary 46%

Waterford 375%

West Cork 348%

Wexford 168%

Wicklow 132%