1, Involve parents who can tell you everything that is wrong with the system, what we went through, and how we are trying to protect our kids.
2. Pass a budget bill allocating funds to states explicitly for the purpose of building more and better acute inpatient psychiatric facilities. The biggest obstacle to mental health care is not lack of insurance but a lack of facilities.
3. Pass legislation mandating the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education to develop a program for mental health screenings of public school student conducted by a team of board certified child psychiatrists.
4. Use incentives like student loan forgiveness to encourage more medical students to go into psychiatry.
Please sign and help us save our children!