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Taylor Barton

Taylor Barton is a reporting intern with MindSite News, midway through her masters degree at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Barton has previously worked in nonprofit communications, as a sexual assault prevention educator and as a professional actor.

Taylor's Latest Articles

American Madness: Fighting for Patients in a Broken Mental Health System

As a psychoanalyst, Alice Feller had a close-up view of the deterioration of mental health care in California. Her new book seeks to change that.

Clergy, too, suffer from mental health challenges

A look at the emotional toll facing Detroit-area clergy and what Miami’s needle exchange program is doing differently. Plus, the adverse mental health effects of restricting reproductive freedom. And more.

Over 3 Years, 43 People Died in Riverside County Jail. Christopher Zumwalt, Violently Pulled from a Cell While Having a Psychotic Crisis, Was One

Correctional officers used pepper spray, stun shields, multiple Taser shocks and a Stinger 15 grenade to remove a single, naked man from his cell in Riverside County’s jail. Ten minutes later he stopped breathing.

Taking Mental Health Out to the Ballpark

The San Francisco Giants go to bat for mental health. And amid a loneliness epidemic, experts offer paths to connection.

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