Parents fear mental health 'life sentence'

Parents fear mental health 'life sentence' A new survey reveals that many parents fear a diagnosis of mental illness will amount to a "life sentence" for their child. The research commissioned for MQ Mental Health, a new charity which supports and funds research into mental health, reveals that 67% of parents who took part in the survey said they would worry that their son or daughter might never recover from a mental illness. And 74% were concerned that mental health issues might get worse over time. OnMedica