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# Waiting for Tearah
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/frontline/specials/waiting-for-tearah-36rgsh/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:53:16.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T15:54:55.000Z
- Description: A family’s struggle to navigate America’s mental health care system.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: FRONTLINE, #ZZZ_Show_8d45e56c-70b3-4c33-a2eb-1c2ac36ca879, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_56b01b25-3f30-4de0-8bf7-7dc97aa1bede, #special

At 16, Tearah, who suffers from mental illness, remains stuck in a hospital month after month, as her mother struggles to navigate America’s mental health care system. As Shayna, a single parent of three girls, fights to get Tearah residential treatment, she faces the possibility of losing her home and even custody of her daughter.