One family’s experience demonstrates the importance of addressing mental health not just for one person, but the family as a whole.
Demand for mental health services for children has swelled as expressions of anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts have increased alarmingly.
This article was produced as a project for the 2021 Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund at USC's Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
This article was produced as a project for the 2021 Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund at USC's Annenberg Center for Health Journalism....
An expert panel discusses the ongoing wave of attacks, as well as how the media can cover these issues with sensitivity and nuance.
Where I live in Los Angeles, it's easy to find a therapist or 20 in a single office building along Wilshire Boulevard. But chances are, most of them don't accept my insurance — or any insurance.
With an early $50 million in government funding, Tanti and his organization, Headspace, would spend the next decade creating a network of 100 mental health centers serving 355,000 people throughout the country, each one with its own personality.
Families seeking mental health support for children are beset on all sides by challenges, whether it's difficulty finding the right kind of help or finding out there is no help within 50 miles. Parents who are uninsured, on Medi-Cal or have commercial insurance face unique problems.
This story was produced as a project for the 2018 California Fellowship, a program of the Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg. ...
"He was showing the same symptoms as somebody that was in the middle of a war."
