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

Jess Bousquette 9/7/2110:40 AM

“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."

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