In their darkest moments, people struggle to find mental health help. What can be done to reimagine a new system aiding vulnerable residents — one that relies less heavily on law enforcement?
Mental Health
Los Angeles County will return an estimated $15 million in unspent mental health grants intended to keep vulnerable people from landing in hospital and jails.
A team of journalists investigates new police training and handling of emergency calls.
Also this week: Asian Americans with ADHD go underdiagnosed, and report details failings in health care for women, people of color.
Despite efforts to reduce incarceration, LA County's incarcerated inmates with mental illness increased by 54% from 2015-2022, highlighting inadequate care and funding issues.
This week, we’re launching a new column anchored by veteran journalist James Causey of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that explores health inequities in the broadest sense.
Patient advocates hope new powers for health insurance regulators will usher in change, but the parity standard has its limits and is difficult to enforce.
Minnesota hospital payment data has shown that mental health services receive significantly lower median payments than other categories of care.
The rollout of 988 and related psychiatric emergency services has failed to live up to its promise, an LA Times investigation finds.
America’s largest county has launched numerous initiatives to shrink its jail population and divert people with mental illness from jail entirely.