Parents struggle to get information on children's mental health
Parents with children thought to be suffering from mental illness are frustrated in their efforts to track down the resources needed to deal with the problem, a study released Monday shows.
An Ipsos Reid survey of 2,075 Canadian parents with children aged 18 years or younger showed that 22 per cent have concerns about the mental health of at least one of their own children.
But 54 per cent of parents who had children diagnosed with a mental illness — or showing signs of such — agreed it was “terrible” to sort through the various agencies and resources to find the appropriate assistance. About 40 per cent of these parents said there was no single place to get the help and information they need.
Read more here: Parents struggle to get information on children’s mental health: Survey.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.
I think this is where socialized health care can be a problem. I hear this from many parents in Canada that navigating through the agencies and finding quality mental healthcare for the children is very difficult.
For those of us here in the U.S.the challenges are equally disturbing and income plays a role in quality care. Quality timely mental healthcare comes at a high cost and is not affordable for most families who are already stressed and in many cases forced to have a one income household. Those providers who take insurance often times are qualified but overwhelmed and do not have adequate time to devote to each child.
The state of mental health care for children and adults is a national disgrace.