After the May 24 school shooting, mental health help is now pouring into Uvalde, where a fourth of residents are uninsured and counseling options are few and far between.
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.While it’s unknown whether the shooting had anything to do with the lack of mental health resources,“There’s never enough.
Wait times for services can be months, even for suicidal patients, said Bain, whose research focuses on rural mental health. The problem isn’t just proximity, but also poverty.
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