Mental Health

"He was showing the same symptoms as somebody that was in the middle of a war."

Rates of PTSD soar among Central City children, yet state budget cuts prevent access to mental health care.

How OTs who work with children could do more to screen moms for depression and get them help during kids' appointments.

Psychologist Suniya Luthar finds an all-too-common pattern: Mothers dismiss their own emotional distress, prioritizing the needs of others over their own.

Guadalupe, an undocumented immigrant and mother to a newborn and a 5-year-old, rarely ventures outside her LA home for fear of ICE.

Brain research gives insight into why abused youth are more vulnerable to exploitation—and how we can help them heal.

In one immigrant community along Central California's coast, a crisis response team stands ready to coordinate services for families who’ve been hit by an arrest or deportation.

Since the Great Recession started more than a decade ago, many Arizona families have languished as the state, facing budget shortfalls, cut services again and again. Foster care placements have swelled.

Southern California's Inland Empire is growing, and there aren’t enough doctors to meet the demand. Can a new raft of programs at local universities help?