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Parents in Iowa claim it has been difficult to receive mental health support for their children amid the coronavirus crisis. It is believed that training parents on how to give mental health support for their own children will help save more lives.
Parents Cry Out for Help for their Children
Several Iowa mothers had a meeting with the Children's Behavioral Health Systems state board this week. One of them was Sarah Nelson who had sought help for almost a week for her daughter who struggled with suicidal ideation.
Nelson said she could not get treatment for her 12-year-old daughter. Thereafter, the police took her daughter to a hospital 3 hours away. The child was placed in seclusion for 14 hours. "We do not need a system that is incompatible with our children's mental health needs. It only creates more trauma," Nelson cries out.