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Parents struggle for child neuropsychiatric support access

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  • NPF includes diagnoses like ADHD and autism.
  • Parents report loneliness and frustration in accessing support.
  • They face challenges navigating multiple authorities.

NPF stands for neuropsychiatric functional impairments and includes common diagnoses such as ADHD and autism. Other examples of NPF diagnoses are ADD, Tourette's syndrome, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. According to Östgöta Correspondenten, Emelie Hjalmarsson and Hedvig Forsén described feeling lonely in the fight for their children.

They also expressed being tired of being bounced around between school, BUP, and social services in the search for the right support from different authorities. The specific support or interventions they are seeking for their children have not been detailed. Additionally, the ages or specific diagnoses of the children mentioned remain unclear.

Emelie Hjalmarsson and Hedvig Forsén describe how lonely they feel in the fight for their children.

Emelie Hjalmarsson and Hedvig Forsén, Parents

It is unknown what outcomes or resolutions resulted from their interactions with school, BUP, and social services. Whether there are systemic issues or policy gaps contributing to their difficulties has not been confirmed. If other parents share similar experiences or if this is an isolated case is also not specified.

And how tired they are of being bounced around between school, BUP, and social services in the hunt for the right support from different authorities.

Emelie Hjalmarsson and Hedvig Forsén, Parents
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