Mental health diagnoses rise sharply among publicly insured children

Mental health diagnoses rise sharply among publicly insured children

In the first comprehensive investigation into the trends of mental health diagnoses among children with public health insurance, a new study reports the percentage of mental health and neurodevelopmental disorder diagnoses increased substantially in the decade before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Texans Call on Legislators to Fund YES Waiver to Support Mental Health - Texans Care for Children

The Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Waiver provides home and community-based mental health services to children who are struggling with their mental health. Parents are often stuck making a gut-wrenching decision to leave their children, who are experiencing a crisis, at the hospital for days or even weeks at a time. Instead of having dinner at home with their family and sleeping in their own bed, kids are stuck in hospitals. Recent data show t…