A nearly 4,500-word article in the Huffington Post (12/17, Raghavan) examines mental healthcare coverage for children, focusing in particular on the case of Logan, a boy from Allen, Texas, who was reportedly denied full-time care by United Behavioral Health after he set fire to his home and who was later arrested for threatening via social media to “shoot up a school.” The Post adds, “Data gathered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and a study by Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions suggest that one percent of the nation’s population under age 18, or roughly 740,000 children and adolescents, may qualify as having a psychotic disorder.”
Related Links:
— “Mental Health Care Coverage Is Leaving Kids Behind And Families Reeling, “Anita Raghavan, The Huffington Post, December 17, 2018.