An aspiring teen actress obsessed with comparing her appearance to others online was found hanging in her wardrobe by her father, an inquest heard.
Shante Stephenson, 19, took her own life on June 27 - a week after being assessed as 'no longer in crisis' by the NHS, the hearing was told.
The teen had low self esteem about her appearance and career, frequently looking at social media sites and comparing herself to her peers, the inquest at Walthamstow Coroners' Court was told.
Shante Stephenson, 19, killed herself after becoming obsessed with comparing her appearance to others online, an inquest was told
Miss Stephenson, who had recently lost her job at River Island, had been referred to an NHS crisis team but she was formally discharged on June 22 - five days before her death.
It was tragically revealed that she was supposed to have medication delivered to her the day she died but it arrived two days late.
Her father found her hanging in her wardrobe after a friend who was staying with them came home from church without her.
The inquest heard the teen had a history of anxiety and depression and made a failed suicide attempt a year before her death. She was then referred to Impart, a mental health crisis team at Waltham Forest NHS trust.
Dr William Travers, at the time a consultant psychiatrist with the Impart home treatment team, met Shante at home seven days after her attempted suicide on July 18.
The teen, who had low self esteem about her appearance and career, was found hanging in her wardrobe by her father
Addressing the inquest today, Dr Travis said: 'I saw her at home alone and I established the circumstances on the overdose - this was seven days after the incident.
'It seemed to have been triggered by an experience she had performing a role in a theatre show case, she didn't think she performed it well, and she was dwelling on it, replaying it over and over in her mind.
'After it she had spoken to her friend and reported a feeling of hopelessness during the phone call - that is when she developed the idea.'
Dr Travis said the aspiring actress seemed more 'resigned' to the fact that she had survived rather than 'relieved'.
He said: 'She told me that since the age of 11 she was focused on not being good enough, with regard to her career ambitions and her physical appearance in particular.
'She was continuously comparing herself to her peers and frequently looking at multiple social media sites - in fact after the overdose she resolved not to carry on looking at them and decided to delete them from her phone.
'She told me she was concerned about her weight, which was normal, but that she used to weigh more and wanted to lose more.
She had tried to kill herself a year before, after dwelling on her performance at a theatre show
'She said at the age of 12 she had tried to hang herself at home after a family argument.
'I assessed her as having low self-esteem associated with aspirations for the future and with perfectionism.'
Shante, who was 18 at the time, asked her father not be contacted by Dr Travers, who said he could 'not be legally compelled' to do so given he believed her to be 'mentally capable'.
He said: 'I didn't want to override her, she presented as a very capable young woman who was very much in charge of her own destiny and I wanted to respect that.'
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