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The Triangle’s mental health care system shows the strain of 18 months of pandemic

 

“The lack of playdates…the world just got pulled out from under her,” Robert said. “The meltdowns got worse and worse — she could not cope.”

He described his daughter’s behavior as a “crisis situation.”

“I got this parenting book that said, ‘Hold your child through the tantrum.’ Well after an hour of meltdown [my daughter] was still trying to kill me and I said, ‘I need professional help.’”

But Robert would not receive professional help, because there was none."

Read more at the News & Observer here.

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