Mental Health

Since the Great Recession, Arizona has cut programs that help poor families and spent more money on foster care and adoption services. The results have been tragic.

A Los Angeles County Fire Department pilot project is testing out a a mobile integrated health care unit. The goal is to see if a “healthcare on wheels” model can help alleviate crowded emergency departments

Trauma can have a devastating impact on a child’s education. So why have some New Orleans schools failed to address the problem?

"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.