Last summer we heard from the psychiatrists, “in order to get the level of care he needs, you need to give up custody.” I asked then, “why?” Again this month we are hearing “will you give up custody to do this… ” and the answer isn’t easy. It is something that we have struggled with. …
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rising costs of mental health care
Did you know that in North Dakota, it can cost $225,000.00 to have a child in a psychiatric residential treatment facility (prtf) for one year? Seriously. This cost doesn’t include medical services. It doesn’t include clothing. Pretty incredible isn’t it? In the coming weeks, Fighting for Answers will be checking with facilities in other states…
Visiting David
Last week we didn’t get to see David because two of us were sick. This week, I am still not feeling well, but we went anyway. He was in a mood. Not sure why. He wanted to play basketball, and I couldn’t. He wanted to play badmiton, and I couldn’t. Part of it was because…