Are the Kids Alright? (2004)

Directed by

Ellen Spiro

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows families in Texas struggling to find mental health care for their children. It shows what happens when young people cannot get the support they need from hospitals, courts, or prisons.

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What happens

Are the Kids Alright? is a documentary film which explores mental health care for children and youths at risk in Texas. The filmmaker, Ellen Spiro, gained unprecedented access to troubled children and their families, as well as the judicial, psychiatric and correctional institutions. By following several different families, the filmmakers document the results of the decline in the availability of mental health services for the youth who most desperately need it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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