My girlfriend has had depression for a long while, and recently she told me she wanted to get help; that she wanted a way out. So we started looking and realized...we aren't old enough to get help on our own, as we're both 17. We can't ask her parents because frankly her mom, who is the head of her household, is a main part of why she's depressed. The mom believes any problems my girlfriend has is fake which is extremely frustrating. We would wait for college but that's another whole year to wait. I just don't know what to do. If we were 18 we would undoubtedly be seeing someone at this moment, because then we would be able to do so legally without needing to go through parents. I know this is really wordy with lots of twists and turns but please help does anybody have any ideas? We know that she needs to get help..we just don't know what to do.