The Levasseurs took out a second mortgage on their home and drained their savings, desperate to keep their older daughter in treatment.
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June 9, 2026, 6:30 PM EDT
By Aria Bendix, Jason Kane and Kate Snow
It took seven years for Rachel Levasseur to find a treatment that worked for a complex form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, which creates the persistent belief that she’s a harm to others. In the interim, she attempted suicide numerous times.
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