Coroners' records reviewed by LAist show a jump in suicides inside L.A. County’s downtown jail complex in 2021.
Mental Health & Trauma
The rollout of 988 and related psychiatric emergency services has failed to live up to its promise, an LA Times investigation finds.
Insurance reimbursement rates — coupled with constraints on staffing and hospital beds — limit options for psychiatric patients, including children.
On International Women’s Day, here is the story of a woman searching for a safe space to live her life.
It’s been nearly three decades since California pioneered the therapeutic use of cannabis, but patients still face a confusing patchwork of rules.
A Mexican father is released from detention thanks to a psychological evaluation used as evidence in court.
Black girls are called “fast” and boys are seen as men. Both lose their innocence thanks to adultification bias.