In the Arab American enclave of Dearborn, anxiety, depression and substance abuse strain the “9/11 generation.”
It is one of the state’s greatest health needs, companies fail to live up to their policies, and the state does not invest what is needed for enforcement.
Running Mamis creates a safe space to run — away from road hazards, harassment and the strains of postpartum depression.
Where mental health information and access to care is scarce, coaches may be a trusted resource for children and teens.
A therapist is “guardedly optimistic” the health care giant is taking the shortage seriously, and the union says Kaiser may now realize it must invest billions to comply with the law.
A California settlement compels the state’s largest health care provider to spend $150 million on behavioral health services.
Black and Latino children are more likely to be hurt by harmful experiences that can lead to lifelong suffering.
As insurers reject coverage amid soaring anxiety and depression, a bill to help children and teens is quietly killed.
The legislation would overhaul the process to appeal denials of coverage by private health insurance companies.
Rossana Pérez, healer and activist in the Salvadoran community of Los Angeles, talks about the transgenerational trauma that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed.
Can we learn to look at violence as an aspect of pain?
While it ponders ambitious new laws to improve mental health, California could strengthen what’s already on the books.
To deal with huge health care disparities, some Californians focus first on a single concept: equity.
A report from the front lines of California’s Black mental health crisis.
The pandemic continues to bring stress upon those in the state who can least afford it.
After 10 weeks of workers walking the picket line, core issues regarding patient care remain unresolved.
Advocates seek to counter cultural stigma and the harsh effects of COVID-19 with innovative approaches to reaching a vulnerable population.
Legislators struggle to make good intentions mean something in the face of lax enforcement.
In the second month of the Bay Area strike, HMO says a majority of union clinicians have returned to work.
A quarter of 1,500 Kaiser clinicians surveyed in California said they had patients who could not access care in their primary language.