Mental Health Access Across the Southeast: What Families Should Know

Mental Health Access Across the Southeast: What Families Should Know

The first call is usually the easy one. A parent in Clinton finds a name, dials it, and hears that the next opening is six weeks out. The second call goes about the same. By the fourth, the family has stopped looking for a therapist and started trying to understand why a state with real hospitals, a real medical school, and a funded public mental health system still can’t produce an appointment. Access isn’t one thing you either have or don’t ha…