Meg Jay

So this is all an experiment in the making.

So, you know, we don't really know what the long-term effects are going to be for kids, teenagers, young adults who are taking these drugs and

right when their brains are wiring up and sort of connecting in terms of sexuality and feelings and engagement and drive.

We don't know the long-term effects.

And how does this change, if at all, the way that you talk to young people?

These are your patients and I'm sure that they're, you know, they're aware of this conversation.

Young people, teenagers, 20-somethings are really smart.

How do you talk to them about it and how do you introduce concerns, address concerns?

What are those conversations like?

You know, you'd be surprised.

Young adults are definitely aware of mental health conversations.

But I think one thing that's changed over the last 10, 20 years is that they're much more likely to come in and say, I have this disorder.

I have that disorder.

I'm on this medication.

I need that medication.

So they're savvy but not savvy in that I think in terms of young adult development, they don't really understand that it's very normal to have symptoms of depression and anxiety.

It doesn't mean you have a disorder or that you're always going to have a disorder.

It also doesn't mean that medication is the only way that you can get better.

I think something that not enough doctors are talking to young adults about is just how difficult it is to be a 20-something, to be in your young adult years.

It's a time of what I call first and worst.