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When long-term treatment separates you from your child

My son has been in residential treatment for six months and I visit him through glass and I wonder if I am a parent or just a visitor in his life now.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Extended mental health interventions can transform parents from caregivers into strangers in their child's daily reality.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Parenting a child with mental health challenges?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.