Growing up isn’t easy for anyone. But for someone with an intellectual or developmental disability, it can feel impossible.
Healthcare Systems & Policy
As the waitlist for a state hospital bed in Texas continues to grow, mental health leaders remain dedicated to the widespread adoption of a strategy known as “Eliminate the Wait.”
Santa Barbara County plans to add another co-response team and reopen its crisis stabilization unit as a locked facility.
New guide from statewide network offers community-driven alternatives.
This project was produced as project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2022 National Fellowship and its Kristy Hammam Fund for Health Journalism....
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says Michigan should improve how it regulates the usage of a controversial tactic educators deployed nearly 94,000 times since lawmakers tried to tamp down on the maneuvers.
Forty years after resettlement, this community is still grappling with the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge regime.
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From Cambodia to California: Survivors of the Khmer Rouge genocide need access to mental health care
Treating their trauma is complex: Language and cultural barriers make it hard for many to access mental health care.
An investigation by KJZZ and the Arizona Daily Star found that physical and sexual abuse, as well as neglect, can occur anywhere — and often, nothing is done about it.
The goal is to keep patients from falling through the cracks in the health care system — cracks that can be more dangerous for Latinos in San Antonio's South Side.