Indiana and other states face a shortage of doctors and other mental-health providers, particularly those who specialize in children's mental health. A state program, approved in 2014, provides loan repayments to eligible professionals as a way of easing their path into mental-health professions.

A 12-year-old girl with a long history of mental illness is receiving care with the help of a state program called the Children's Mental Health Initiative, but treatment, diagnosis and answers remain elusive.