[jdietrich]

If remarking on your privilege constitutes an attack, then so be it. It felt necessary because of the desperate need that exists in the community, which your comment seemed not to recognise in the slightest. Globally, there is a suicide death every 40 seconds; the vast majority of those people were mentally ill but had received no treatment whatsoever. Suicide rates have spiked dramatically in many demographics since the great recession, with the greatest impact being felt in deprived communities.

Psychiatric hospitals across the developed world are discharging actively suicidal patients on a daily basis, because they're marginally less suicidal than the dozens of people who are waiting for a bed. Beyond suicide, there are vast increases in drug and alcohol related deaths in impoverished communities. We're in the midst of a mental health emergency and need all the help we can get.

You're speculating about whether an app might hypothetically dissuade people from seeking better treatment at some point in the distant future. I think my response is downright charitable.

Consider another hypothetical scenario. A great famine has struck. Someone is dying every 40 seconds. The UN start helicoptering in bulk quantities of freeze-dried rations. I remark that there is a great danger in providing food aid, because it might dissuade people from eating a balanced diet of fresh fruit and vegetables. What response would I expect?

Qu'ils mangent de la brioche.

[DigDugDoug]

I had a longer comment prepared but I deleted it because I realized this conversation isn't going to be productive. If you want to make assumptions about my upbringing and ignore that I'm not actually disagreeing with you then there's no real reason to continue and pretend like we're having a discussion. Your heart is in the right place and you seem aware of the relevant statistics in play so I wish you well.