Like many families, Dave and Sheila Blanco navigated their daughter’s mental health struggles with little prior knowledge or past experiences to draw from. They learned a lot in the process, and even though it wasn’t enough to save their daughter, their hope is that their hard-gained knowledge can help others. Here are tips from them, along with mental health professionals, for other parents or loved ones of kids facing mental illness:
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