New online platform launched to find mental health resources

DRIPPING SPRINGS — A new database is now available to aid community members in locating mental health resources.

When her daughter was presenting serious mental health disturbances at approximately three years old, Brea Black became overwhelmed because she did not know what to do to help her child.

“Even the pediatrician just told me, ‘Oh, you just need to accept this child is different than your first,’” Black explained. “The way that I was treated and the ability to find help was inexcusable. Several years later, she was diagnosed with a neurological condition and that explained everything. We didn't actually have a mental health crisis; it was the way it was presented.”