Monday, July 05, 2021

Mental health crisis: Children at breaking point during COVID-19

Mental health crisis: Children at breaking point during COVID-19
"...In southeast Michigan, Marisa Springstead has sought more intensive mental-health services for her son, eventually filing suit. 
She’s still fighting. 
The photo has been blurred to shield the name of the school district. 
Marisa Springstead’s son is 15 years old. 
He now tops 200 pounds. 
He has broken her nose and twisted her wrist, she said. 
...This was true even before COVID-19. 
But over the last 16 months, as the pandemic closed schools and isolated young people, a mental health system held together by good intentions and Scotch tape is failing tens of thousands of children in places like Michigan and its neighbor, Indiana, leaving many families to manage despairing children on their own, particularly in rural areas...Read all.

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