Creating a better tomorrow for youth mental health
Ishika Vij, a youth advocate, speaking at a bipartisan Mental Health Services press conference at the VA General Assembly
Press Coverage from General Assembly (ABC8 News):
Vij, 16, said she faced hurdles getting help with an eating disorder at school as a 12-year-old. For one thing, she claims it took roughly three weeks to get a 15-minute appointment. In addition, she said her case was later escalated after she told her counselor about suicidal thoughts.
“It takes a really long time in this backed-up system and I wasn’t in such an extreme crisis at the moment but imagine there was a student who was in that state and they didn’t know what to do. Maybe it would’ve been too late,” Vij said..
“We can only do so much. We can talk about it but it’s up to them to vote and make a change,” Vij said.
