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> giving each kid a therapist is not feasible. Why not? We expect a healthy child to have a doctor, a healthy child to have a friend group. Why not expect them

• leetcrew 4y ago
  very different models of care? if you have a doctor, the expectation is that you see them for a yearly checkup plus a few times for random illnesses. if you have a therapist, the expectation is that you see them every week or two. maybe there's value in occasionally seeing a therapist for a "mental health checkup", but weekly one-on-ones obviously doesn't scale to every single child.
  • dragonwriter 4y ago
    > but weekly one-on-ones obviously doesn't scale to every single child. An appropriate course of treatment for each child with a diagnosable condition for which it is appropriate certainly does. Maybe weekly sessions 52 weeks a year, every year, for every child regardless of need doesn't, but why would you do that anyway?
• staticman2 4y ago
  I suspect giving therapists to healthy children would make them less healthy on average. Basically for every treatment a certain percentage of patients will get worse, not better. So just like you'd only prescribe drugs when needed due to the risks, prescribing therapy when not needed is a bad idea.