FORT WORTH (CBSNewsTexas.com, March 3, 2023) — For desperate parents with children suffering from a mental health crisis, help can be hard to find. A severe shortage in child psychiatrists in Texas has children not getting the help they need early before situations become a crisis. In record numbers across the country, children with mental health complaints are showing up at emergency departments.  It's often the only option parents feel they have. Training more residents in psychiatry is essential, but even psychiatrists say that by itself is not enough to deal with the growing youth mental health crisis. 

What is the role of the family in all of this? For an in-depth discussion on this question, check out:

https://www.ucg.org/sermons/responsibility-of-the-family

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