Kids don't
have it as good as we might want to think. They have problems in school
when peers tease them, when they find they don't have the ability to do certain
schoolwork or sports, when they are disappointed or feel scared and alone.
Childhood is a demanding time and, for some children, it is a time of
significant anxiety, sufficient enough at times to make them refuse to go to
school, to leave the house or play with friends. Help a child find their
joy and you will have done your work for a lifetime.
DARKEST HOURS
Release Year: 2007
Duration: 56 min
In “Darkest Hours: The Crisis in Children’s
Mental Health Care,” parents, teens, advocates and providers all share their
horror stories about the lack of a system for children’s mental health
care. While the documentary focuses on Connecticut, this is a national
crisis: kids spending night after night in the emergency room because of the
lack of psychiatric beds in the state; waits of up to six months to get an
appointment with a psychologist because of escalating demand; families
dealing with managed care companies that continually deny coverage for
necessary treatment. All of this - combined with the raw emotion of
accepting the fact that their child is mentally ill and will likely face a
lifetime of medication and therapy.