Clinical social worker LaVontae Hill found help for his mental health struggles due to OCD and anxiety but had to fight entrenched mental health stigma along the way.
Mental Health & Trauma
San Diego reporter Lisa Halverstadt and Seattle-based journalist Will James joined Brett Feldman, director of USC Street Medicine, this week to discuss recent policy shifts and how reporters can cover the urgent story of homelessness and mental health.
Jovenes, Inc. in Boyle Heights is helping young adults break the cycle of homelessness. But as health providers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles shared, the health challenges go well beyond housing.
California Surgeon General Dr. Diana Ramos explains how her own childhood fuels her drive to raise awareness of childhood adversity and its links to poor health.
A new series focuses on survivors who are working to address trauma, addiction and other mental health issues stemming from factors as diverse as youth incarceration, Indigenous displacement, racism and child welfare practices.
A new project will take a fresh look at the history and politics of deinstitutionalization in California, which left many people with severe mental illness with no plan to provide for their care.
The Center for Health Journalism is excited to announce three talented journalists as the inaugural grantees of the Lori Yearwood Fund for Reporting on Homelessness.
Why is the Korean American suicide rate so high? Mental health experts point to culture and environment.
In California, diagnosis of PPD has increased dramatically in Asian communities. Against a backdrop of high rates of C-section interventions, there are few culturally competent birthing and postpartum professionals, and lower awareness of how to access the resources that exist.
Hampered by lack of English proficiency, discrimination and immigration challenges, many immigrants use their mobile phones as a life line to stave off loneliness.