As students get ready to return to Robb Elementary on Tuesday for the first time since the massacre, PTSD symptoms are starting to show.
UVALDE, Texas — One girl runs and hides when she sees thin people with long hair similar to the One boy stopped making friends and playing with animals. A third child feels her heart race when she's reminded of the May 24 massacre that killed a close friend — once at such a dangerous pace that she had to be rushed to a hospital, where she stayed for weeks.
Parents are finding themselves unable to help, and experts worry because communities of color such as the largely Hispanic city of Uvalde face disparities in access mental health care. For low-income families, it can be even harder, as access to limited resources requires long waits for referrals through medical assistance programs such as Medicaid.
But according to the 11-year-old girl’s family — lifelong residents of Uvalde — the only mental health center in the area — just blocks from Robb Elementary — was seldom used or discussed, raising worries about the lack of awareness regarding signs and symptoms of mental illness and the stigma surrounding seeking help.
Now, she said, the town is waking up to the reality of mental health even as some people still ask why survivors like her daughter need help. “This is going to be a long journey. This is not going to be something that we can just do some work and fix it,” said San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller.
The length of treatment varies depending on the severity of symptoms. For some, it can last up to two to three years.
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