Why don't we have more mental health help for teens?

Question

Most insurance does not pay for residential treatment, unless a child has a physical disability or does drugs there is virtually no affordable help for them. So when you see the news and a teen has done something horrible, you ask yourself why the parents didn't do something? Because if you can't afford $400 per day then help is minimal at best. As a society and as parents I ask you write your congressmen, senators heck the president and demand there be better resources for children who have behavior problems, OCD, poor impulse control, pre-anti-social disorder and numerous other conditions that go under treated or untreated and keep our children out of juvenile prisons.

Answer 1

I don't live in your country, but I sympathise with your plight.

Answer 2

I dono