I can testify to the mental health search difficulty. A close family member is searching for a therapist for emotional help dealing with an occasionally debilitating physical health issue. The first group we found through online searches ended up being a front for a multi-level-marketing group schilling essential oils. The second group, recommended by the overseeing physician at one of the most prestigious hospitals in the United States, was actually a "new age" center, whose main advise was to try homeopathic remedies. The third group, recommended glowingly on its web page, and organized by the hospital itself for sufferers of my family member's very condition, seemed to have vanished without a trace. No one had heard of it. Turns out it went defunct years ago, but no one bothered to update or remove its associated page.

That's where we stand. Infuriating. This is not quality befitting a first world nation.

I've begun to wonder if the US is really and second and a half world nation. We have so much potential, and we keep it from ourselves. Maddening.