school, he s gets bs and cs. even with all of this, he s a smart kid. i spent time with him. but as you also heard from his mom, it s hard to know what the future looks like, what happens down the road. families like daniel s requires a huge amount of support, and there simply isn t enough to go around. one problem i ll tell you, a simple shortage oaf mental health professionals. and now fully half of all psychiatrists don t even take most insurance plans, though there is some positive news in all of this as well. since newtown, 36 states have increased funding for mental health programs. and something called the mental health parody act was recently written into federal law. that means if you do have insurance, it covers mental health care on the same basis as anything else. it s considered an essential health benefit. for example, they can no longer limit you to just 20 visits if, in fact, you need more. we re going to keep an eye on this, see how it plays out and also keep you poste
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asteroid or a comet than hitting all six numbers. i love all those analogies. you have a better chance of being eaten by a shark. thanks for joining us this hour. sgmd starts now. we ll be back at the top of the hour. we ll see you then. welcome to sgmd. you know, it s been a full year now since adam lanza killed more than two dozen people at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut. and you know, that s usually when a mental disturbance makes the news, when something terrible has just happened. over the past several months, we decided to do something different here at cnn, to pay attention to this very important issue when the news wasn t breaking, when we had a little bit more time to truly process and understand the impact of mental illness on everyone, on anyone. it is a challenging, at times heartbreaking, but very important story to tell. and a family in san antonio invited us to see what their lives are really like.
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more on how affluenza defense worked and became a national conversation. i m rosa flores, i ll see you back here at 5:00 eastern when cnn newsroom continues. but, first an up-close and very personal look at one family s battle with her son s mental health. sanjay gupta, m.d. starts right now. welcome to sg md. you know, it s been a full year now since adam lanza killed more than two dozen people at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut, and, you know, that s usually when a mental disturbance makes the news, when something terrible has just happened. over the past several months we decided to do something different here at cnn. to pay attention to this very important issue when the news wasn t breaking. when you had a little bit more time to truly process and understand the impact of mental illness on everyone. on anyone. but it is a challenge, at times heartbreaking, yet very important story to tell. and a family in san antonio