New Research Links Head Start to Gun Violence Prevention. Trump Wants to Eliminate the Program
For the first time, research has linked Head Start with a reduced risk of gun violence among kids when they become young adults.
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Trump Team Ends LGBTQ+ Youth Hotline Option. New Report Suggests It May Hurt Rural Youth Most
As Trump administration cuts off the 988 Lifeline's Option 3 for focused LGBTQ+ support, Hopelab and Born This Way Foundation release report showing great needs for LGBTQ+ youth in rural areas and their heavy use of digital tools to connect for support.
San Francisco Has a Chance to Reinvent Its Mental Health Care System
To meet a state requirement, San Francisco must examine and potentially redesign its system of behavioral health care over the next year, with input from the public. This could be an opportunity to improve services.
Supreme Court Allows Tennessee to Keep Gender-Affirming Care Ban in Place
This 6-3 ruling may embolden more states to ban gender-affirming care at a time when the Trump administration has prioritized restricting it for transgender people.
Budget cuts could slash “baby bond” funds for COVID orphans
A first-in-the-nation program to create financial support for California children who lost parents to COVID may be trimmed under budget proposals put forward by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
A California Man Died in Jail After 46 Hours in Restraints. His Family’s Advocacy Led to Statewide Changes
Andrew Holland died from a blood clot after he was strapped down for 46 hours at San Luis Obispo County Jail. His family drew attention to the case, prompting local reforms, federal intervention, a statewide probe and changes to state regulations.
Texas Schools Fall Short on Resources to Address Student Mental Health Issues Before They Become Crises
The rate of suicidal thinking among students in Texas has been rising, but not the number of school counselors helping student cope.
War Not Over For Vietnam Veterans: A View from 40 Years Ago
Forty years ago, The Tenderloin Times, a community newspaper in San Francisco, marked the 10th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War with a package of stories. The Tenderloin then, as now, was home to thousands of refugees from Southeast Asia, along with American military veterans who had fought in that war. This story looks at the experience of those veterans.
Refugees Struggle in New Land: A View from 40 Years Ago
In 1985, The Tenderloin Times explored the lives of Southeast Asian refugees and U.S. veterans 10 years after the end of the Vietnam War. This story offered a look at the efforts by three very different Southeast Asian refugee communities to rebuild and adjust to their new lives in a new country.
Deadly Denials: When Insurers Fail to Cover Treatment for Eating Disorders, People Suffer. Sometimes They Die.
A four-part investigative series supported by the Pulitzer Center.
‘We’re Not Serving Our Rural Communities’: One Eating Disorder Specialist for 250,000 People
For people in rural America, finding treatment for eating disorders is nearly impossible. Nearly 20% of patients live in states with no residential treatment in their state.
Eating Disorders: They Don’t Just Happen to Skinny, White, Affluent Girls
For years, the media image of an anorexic youth was an emaciated white female teen. The stereotype was so pervasive that eating disorder specialists have an acronym for it: SWAG, or skinny, white, affluent girl.
‘A Front Row Seat to Desperation’: Meet the Advocates Fighting to Remove Barriers to Eating Disorder Treatment
Across the country, a small group of lawyers and care navigators help patients, often desperately ill, battle with health insurers to access services. It's a high-stress job, and "you don't save everybody."
The Deadly Cost of Eating Disorders: How Health Insurers Delay, Restrict and Deny Care
Eating disorders are America's deadliest mental health condition. For people struggling to get care, health insurers create some of the most formidable hurdles.
Teaching Mental Health Professionals to Think Like a Farmer
When it comes to providing mental health supports and services, farmers can be notoriously hard to reach. An innovative new therapy promote farmers' mental health by using their connection to their own land.
‘All I Wanted Is to Be Healed’: Alternatives to Psych Meds for Foster Youth with Mental Health Issues
In California, foster youth need long-term, consistent care. It requires more commitment than simply prescribing medications.
A Father Fights Against Mental Health Stigma in Sports
Brian Monday is on a mission to help youth confront the stigma and silence around mental health struggles in sports.
SAMHSA Firings Continue, Devastating U.S. Mental Health Agency
Employees of SAMHSA, the federal agency responsible for leading the nation’s response to the mental health and drug overdose crises, were among those terminated this morning in the latest round of mass firings implemented by the Trump administration.
Forgotten Children
Forgotten Children is a four-part series on the tragic and underreported problem of childhood grief – and the efforts to address it. Parental death has been rising in the U.S. due to COVID-19, the overdose epidemic and gun violence.
‘You’re going to see more people on the street’: Report finds Trump actions could devastate California
As California grapples with mental illness, addiction and homelessness, the Steinberg Institute issued a dire warning: Massive cuts from the Trump administration and Congress threaten to dismantle efforts to help the state’s most vulnerable.
Gun violence undermines the mental health of big city teens
"The ongoing school shootings are constant reminders that teens might not ever feel truly safe.”
Homegrown Trips: Desperate for PTSD Relief, Veterans Turn to Each Other for DIY Psychedelic Treatments
When the sedatives and antidepressants prescribed for PTSD don't work, some veterans have found peace through psychedelics.
How a Mental Health Community Saved Lives in LA Fire
The most urgent question was, would callers from the Hollywood clubhouse be able to reach all their members in time?
Nowhere to Turn: Abortion Bans Erode Trust Between Mental Health Providers and Their Clients
In state that have passed laws banning abortions, women who have used medication or traveled to other states to end a pregnancy are often afraid to talk with a therapist out of fear that the therapist might report them.
‘What if One Day You Leave and Don’t Come Back?’
Guadalupe Ortíz was diagnosed with anxiety at 10. Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, she has refused to attend school – and she is not alone. Absenteeism has surged in Chicago Public Schools. The teacher's union and district are working to make immigrant children and families feel secure and welcome.
Trump Team Ends LGBTQ+ Youth Hotline Option. New Report Suggests It May Hurt Rural Youth Most
As Trump administration cuts off the 988 Lifeline's Option 3 for focused LGBTQ+ support, Hopelab and Born This Way Foundation release report showing great needs for LGBTQ+ youth in rural areas and their heavy use of digital tools to connect for support.
San Francisco Has a Chance to Reinvent Its Mental Health Care System
To meet a state requirement, San Francisco must examine and potentially redesign its system of behavioral health care over the next year, with input from the public. This could be an opportunity to improve services.
Supreme Court Allows Tennessee to Keep Gender-Affirming Care Ban in Place
This 6-3 ruling may embolden more states to ban gender-affirming care at a time when the Trump administration has prioritized restricting it for transgender people.
Budget cuts could slash “baby bond” funds for COVID orphans
A first-in-the-nation program to create financial support for California children who lost parents to COVID may be trimmed under budget proposals put forward by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
A California Man Died in Jail After 46 Hours in Restraints. His Family’s Advocacy Led to Statewide Changes
Andrew Holland died from a blood clot after he was strapped down for 46 hours at San Luis Obispo County Jail. His family drew attention to the case, prompting local reforms, federal intervention, a statewide probe and changes to state regulations.
Texas Schools Fall Short on Resources to Address Student Mental Health Issues Before They Become Crises
The rate of suicidal thinking among students in Texas has been rising, but not the number of school counselors helping student cope.
War Not Over For Vietnam Veterans: A View from 40 Years Ago
Forty years ago, The Tenderloin Times, a community newspaper in San Francisco, marked the 10th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War with a package of stories. The Tenderloin then, as now, was home to thousands of refugees from Southeast Asia, along with American military veterans who had fought in that war. This story looks at the experience of those veterans.
Refugees Struggle in New Land: A View from 40 Years Ago
In 1985, The Tenderloin Times explored the lives of Southeast Asian refugees and U.S. veterans 10 years after the end of the Vietnam War. This story offered a look at the efforts by three very different Southeast Asian refugee communities to rebuild and adjust to their new lives in a new country.
Deadly Denials: When Insurers Fail to Cover Treatment for Eating Disorders, People Suffer. Sometimes They Die.
A four-part investigative series supported by the Pulitzer Center.
‘We’re Not Serving Our Rural Communities’: One Eating Disorder Specialist for 250,000 People
For people in rural America, finding treatment for eating disorders is nearly impossible. Nearly 20% of patients live in states with no residential treatment in their state.
Eating Disorders: They Don’t Just Happen to Skinny, White, Affluent Girls
For years, the media image of an anorexic youth was an emaciated white female teen. The stereotype was so pervasive that eating disorder specialists have an acronym for it: SWAG, or skinny, white, affluent girl.
‘A Front Row Seat to Desperation’: Meet the Advocates Fighting to Remove Barriers to Eating Disorder Treatment
Across the country, a small group of lawyers and care navigators help patients, often desperately ill, battle with health insurers to access services. It's a high-stress job, and "you don't save everybody."
The Deadly Cost of Eating Disorders: How Health Insurers Delay, Restrict and Deny Care
Eating disorders are America's deadliest mental health condition. For people struggling to get care, health insurers create some of the most formidable hurdles.
Teaching Mental Health Professionals to Think Like a Farmer
When it comes to providing mental health supports and services, farmers can be notoriously hard to reach. An innovative new therapy promote farmers' mental health by using their connection to their own land.
‘All I Wanted Is to Be Healed’: Alternatives to Psych Meds for Foster Youth with Mental Health Issues
In California, foster youth need long-term, consistent care. It requires more commitment than simply prescribing medications.
A Father Fights Against Mental Health Stigma in Sports
Brian Monday is on a mission to help youth confront the stigma and silence around mental health struggles in sports.
SAMHSA Firings Continue, Devastating U.S. Mental Health Agency
Employees of SAMHSA, the federal agency responsible for leading the nation’s response to the mental health and drug overdose crises, were among those terminated this morning in the latest round of mass firings implemented by the Trump administration.
Forgotten Children
Forgotten Children is a four-part series on the tragic and underreported problem of childhood grief – and the efforts to address it. Parental death has been rising in the U.S. due to COVID-19, the overdose epidemic and gun violence.
‘You’re going to see more people on the street’: Report finds Trump actions could devastate California
As California grapples with mental illness, addiction and homelessness, the Steinberg Institute issued a dire warning: Massive cuts from the Trump administration and Congress threaten to dismantle efforts to help the state’s most vulnerable.
Gun violence undermines the mental health of big city teens
"The ongoing school shootings are constant reminders that teens might not ever feel truly safe.”
Homegrown Trips: Desperate for PTSD Relief, Veterans Turn to Each Other for DIY Psychedelic Treatments
When the sedatives and antidepressants prescribed for PTSD don't work, some veterans have found peace through psychedelics.
How a Mental Health Community Saved Lives in LA Fire
The most urgent question was, would callers from the Hollywood clubhouse be able to reach all their members in time?
Nowhere to Turn: Abortion Bans Erode Trust Between Mental Health Providers and Their Clients
In state that have passed laws banning abortions, women who have used medication or traveled to other states to end a pregnancy are often afraid to talk with a therapist out of fear that the therapist might report them.
‘What if One Day You Leave and Don’t Come Back?’
Guadalupe Ortíz was diagnosed with anxiety at 10. Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, she has refused to attend school – and she is not alone. Absenteeism has surged in Chicago Public Schools. The teacher's union and district are working to make immigrant children and families feel secure and welcome.