A novel idea

Parenting as therapy for child's mental disorders. More time, energy, and money needs to be put into teaching parents how to help children with mental health problems. Many parents are against giving their children medication and with good reason. Unfortunately, "insurers as a rule do not fully cover behavior modification therapies because they cost substantially more than drugs." If you measure cost in dollars, I guess this is true. However, parents may believe that exposing their children to the long and short term risks and effects of meds is a higher cost. They should have alternatives. I've seen cases in which children with ADHD were denied coverage of behavioral treatment solely because their parents refused to put them on meds. Insurance companies and the government should not be able to coerce parents into making such decisions. But maybe we're making some progress: "the increasing number of studies that support family-based behavioral treatment is shifting perceptions."
(Disclaimer: I am absolutely not anti-meds. Some children (as well as adults) need medication. There are times when the risks of taking meds are far outweighed by the improvement in quality of life that can come from taking them. I just think that meds are overused and that people should have alternatives).