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Mental health care. i think there's reasons, stephanie would agree, to be optimistic about daniel, he's 14, in eighth grade, in a regular school. he's getting bs and cs. he could continue to do well in school. but stephanie shared with me as well she literally comes home every night not sure what she's going to find. has daniel asearched suicide? as he done something to hurt himself? is he someone who is going to be with her for a long time to come, well into adult hood. there's a lot we don't know. but you look at the stat there's, 1 in 4 adults, 1 in 4 children, rather, 1 in 5 adults have me...

Stop taking medications you do it in the way doctors say you have to do it. i'm sure stephanie, you're familiar with this. stephanie escamilla, thank you so much. good luck with you, good luck with daniel, with your family. we'll stay in close touch with you. sanjay thank you for doing this report. it's very meaningful. i want to alert our viewers, sanjay will have more on this story on his weekend program, saturday 4:30, p.m. eastern here on cnn. also sunday mornings, 7:30 a.m. only here on cnn. you can also watch and read a lot more about the story on cnn.com/familyonthebrink. for all those ...

Even worse than what you're about to see. >> go away, please go away. >> reporter: what is that like to record your son? >> it was horrible. what gets me most his eyes on the video. he's got huge, beautiful eyes and he's just crying you see the despair in his eyes. it breaks my heart. >> breaks my heart as well. joining us from san antonio, texas, daniel's mom, stephanie escamilla and in atlanta, chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. thanks for that report. i'll get to you in a moment. stephanie, first, your son suffers from these terrifying hallucinations, voices that tell him to hurt...

And i'm just so grateful for the fact that i came across clarity and their doctors. they have been awesome. and i -- i feel look i owe them a lot because they have helped me with him. even if he's been there 20 times, it's -- it's his safe haven. it's a place where he can go, where he knows he won't hurt himself. and i -- i have so much appreciation for that because i don't know where i would be if he wasn't here. >> medications, i assume daniel's taking medications. but very often, correct me if i'm wrong, finding the right dosage, right medication, is so important because if you take the wro...

That he's hallucinates. he strives to be a normal kid but he has something that holds him back from doing that. >> reporter: to protect his privacy, we're not going to show you his face or use his real name. for the next few minutes, he'll be known as daniel. we wanted to get to know daniel and understand what life is like for a teenager with mental illness. there's laughter. fights about homework. >> all i got. >> reporter: daniel's in the eighth grade but also, this -- >> any way that i can show up there and wait in the waiting area? i don't want to be driving around with him like that. >> h...