Mental health treatment in children: what you need to know
One out of five children or teens in the United States suffers from a psychiatric disorder. In this video, HealthMaker Harold Koplewicz, MD, says that what's even more upsetting is that less than half these kids will get any kind of help.
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In this nation, with 50 million children and teens with these disorders, we only have 7,500 practicing child psychiatrists.
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One out of five children or teenagers in the United States suffers from a psychiatric disorder. And even more upsetting is that less than 50% of them
get any help whatsoever. I think there are three major reasons why
so many children who have psychiatric disorders do not receive any help. First and foremost is that there is a shame of having a child
or being a child who has these disorders.
There's a lot of myths and misconceptions surrounding psychiatric illness. Secondly, there aren't enough practitioners.
In this nation, with 50 million children and teens with these disorders, we only have 7,500 practicing child psychiatrists.
And last, our insurance does not really work as effectively for psychiatric illness
as it does for physical illness. In fact, this nation doesn't treat diseases above the neck
with the same kind of rigor, the same kind of respect, the same kind of funding that it does for diseases below the neck.
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