“There’s never, ever, ever enough in rural Texas.' Millions of people in rural Texas who are vulnerable to higher rates of depression, anxiety and suicide than their urban counterparts have only limited access to patchwork mental health services.
in the area, although no evidence has been produced the shooter was ever diagnosed with a mental illness. Their response was to send a wave of state-funded and -organized services to Uvalde, including a federally supported crisis center known as the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center.few dispute“There’s never enough.
Wait times for services can be months, even for suicidal patients, said Bain, whose research focuses on rural mental health. Most mental health care in the region falls to the state safety net, which in Uvalde is Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Centers, the local mental health authority offering treatment to the mostly uninsured and underinsured.
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