Mental Health

Students with behavioral issues are being pushed into the special education department, which is already overwhelmed.

California has the highest rate of unmet mental health treatment needs in the country.

The need for mental health services in the Vietnamese community is high, but there’s a strong stigma attached to mental health in the community, and members aren’t always able to access the type of services they need.

In Utah, a lucrative for-profit industry thrives with minimal regulation from state officials.

Are our identities and backgrounds liabilities or strengths in journalism? A reporter shares her takeaways from interviewing immigration advocates.

Pregnant women afflicted with COVID-19 face potentially terrifying ordeals, especially when the pregnancy is already high-risk.

This story was produced by Rubén Tapia with support from USC Center for Health Journalism's 2020 Impact Fund. His reporting looks at how delays in the cleanup of neighborhoods contaminated by emissions from the now-shuttered Exide battery recycling plant in LA is affecting the health of residents.

A Florida sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens. It monitors and harasses families across the county.

This story was produced as a joint project led by Nathan O'Neal and Colton Shone, participants in the 2020 National Fellowship, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism.
 

“In a weird and dark way, it’s a good time to be a health reporter," one freelancer said.