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What I learned about the intersection of health care and violence in Calif.’s Central Valley
posted 12/28/2016
What are the mental health effects of deadly encounters with police? Reporting out that difficult question led to a number of tough lessons along the way, as KVPR's Jeffrey Hess explains.
Are failures of the health care system leading to more violent encounters with police?
posted 03/11/2016

California’s Central Valley has a reputation for violent communities. The region also has a reputation for higher rates of police shootings. Is inadequate access to health care and mental health services leading to more violent encounters?

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What I learned about the intersection of health care and violence in Calif.’s Central Valley
What are the mental health effects of deadly encounters with police? Reporting out that difficult... more »
posted 12/28/16
Are failures of the health care system leading to more violent encounters with police?
California’s Central Valley has a reputation for violent communities. The region also has a... more »
posted 03/11/16

Jeffrey Hess's Work
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Project: Stress, sleeplessness, anxiety: How violence in Calif.'s Central Valley is causing a kind of PTSD
“I call it present traumatic stress disorder. When you have post-traumatic stress disorder it means the trauma has ended. With our people it is a perpetual trauma that is inflicted on almost a daily basis,” one lifelong resident of Bakersfield says.
Project: How are Valley police, sheriffs helping officers cope with trauma?
Valley Public Radio in California's Central Valley reports on what law enforcement agencies in the valley say they are doing to help police officers cope with the mental strain of a violent line of work.
Project: For one Fresno man, lack of mental health care turns tragic
Community violence and a visit to the doctor might seem unrelated. But for people living in violent communities, and the police who patrol them, it's often more closely related than people think.