Mental Health & Trauma

"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.

Momentum is building to get emergency departments to play a bigger role in stemming the epidemic.

Over the course of a week in March, Los Angeles stand-up comic and life coach Kate Romero opened up to KPCC about the pain she feels from degenerative disc disease and fibromyalgia.

Some seniors there now say they are looking for ways to take as few prescription drugs as possible. And many are turning to cannabis as an alternative.

"We are overreacting to the need to lower opioid prescribing by punishing patients," says Dr. Kelly Pfeifer.

In Los Angeles County, the rate of deadly overdoses is much lower than the national rate. Why?

A network of regional "task forces" is tackling the opioid problem throughout California, leading to a dramatic drop in overdoses in one rural mountain county.