Undocumented domestic violence survivors face abuse and deportation fears. Advocates say reporting can protect lives and open legal pathways, despite long visa backlogs and rising immigration anxiety.
Mental Health & Trauma
Across Southern California, Chinese immigrant mothers are raising young children amid sky-high childcare costs, thin safety nets and deep stigma around mental health — leaving many exhausted and isolated.
Pima County jails people with mental illness for competency restoration, using force and long delays in a system critics say turns jail into a de facto psych ward.
Even deeply attentive parents may miss signs of suicidal distress in autistic kids and teens, as they often differ from those shown by neurotypical youth.
The fear that they could lose their parents defines the daily lives of many children in immigrant families, with long-term consequences for their mental well-being.
Rural EMTs face long shifts, long transports, limited resources, rising mental-health and chronic-disease calls, and a heavy emotional toll.
Inglewood’s program had been chain-sawed by financial challenges and the pandemic, but Joseph Jauregui built it back up – and his students are winning scholarships
Substance use and mental health are driving preventable maternal deaths in Oregon, as fragile, underfunded programs struggle to support pregnant people, especially Black and Indigenous parents.