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A growing number of āpeer respites,ā nonclinical settings for psychiatric recovery, can help people in distress who mainly need to talk to people who understand their problems.
Recent deaths on a small Native American reservation in Montana have underlined the heightened risks for Indigenous youths and how suicide prevention programs are struggling to operate during the pandemic.
A UCSF emergency room physician reflects on Californiaās response to COVID-19 and on lessons learned ā or not ā as the coronavirus makes its second devastating surge.
Dr. Dale Bredesen is a well-known, well-respected neurologist. But his colleagues think the comprehensive Alzheimerās program heās marketing through a private company is a mixture of free-for-the-asking common sense and unproven interventions.
Whatās a 67-year-old to do when COVID-19 shuts down the volunteering gigs that were his personal fountain of youth?
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
Black Americans are less likely to receive mental health treatment than the overall population. But as needs soar this year, faith leaders are tapping health professionals to share coping skills churchgoers and the community can use immediately.
A proposal in Washington state would use right-to-try laws to allow terminally ill patients access to psilocybin ā the famed magic mushrooms of Americaās psychedelic ā60s ā to ease depression and anxiety.
Like almost a quarter of the 989 people killed by police in the U.S. in the past 12 months, Ricardo MuƱoz had a serious mental illness. "Instead of a cop just being there, there should have been other responders," his sister says.
More than 246,000 people in the U.S. have been killed by the coronavirus, leaving hundreds of thousands of others grieving. Judith Graham, author of KHNās Navigating Aging column, hosted a discussion on these unprecedented losses and dealing with bereavement. She was joined by Holly Prigerson, co-director of the Center for Research on End-of-Life Care at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, and Diane Snyder-Cowan, leader of the bereavement professionals steering committee of the National Council of Hospice and Palliative Professionals.
As the coronavirus surges around the country, workers in nursing homes and assisted living centers are watching cases rise in long-term care facilities with a sense of dread. Many of these workers struggle with grief over the suffering theyāve witnessed.
With employees emotionally drained and residents suffering from loss, many nursing homes and assisted living centers are working with chaplains, social workers and mental health professionals to help people deal with the effects of the coronavirus.
Because loved ones are often kept apart from critically ill COVID-19 patients, the families may be especially vulnerable to symptoms including anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder that can be debilitating.
Seniors tend to have more serious symptoms than younger coronavirus patients, including the aftereffects of hospital-based delirium. Doctors recommend physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and cognitive rehabilitation.
Reports are on the rise regarding excruciating headaches, stomach upsets for weeks on end, sudden outbreaks of shingles and flare-ups of autoimmune disorders. A common thread among the complaints, one that has been months in the making, is chronic stress.
These seniors use coping strategies to keep them socially active yet safe from the coronavirus.
Gov. Gavin Newsom approved many consequential health care bills by his bill-signing deadline Wednesday, including a ban on the sale of menthol and other flavored tobacco products, the creation of a state generic drug label and better coverage for mental health disorders.
Daniel Prudeās family knew he needed psychiatric care and tried to get it for him. Instead, his encounter with police hours after he was released from Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York, proved fatal.
The climate change center at UCLAās Fielding School of Public Health plans to study and help implement policies for slowing climate change and adapting to it.
This pandemic is like war, and Californiaās local health officers are leading the state's response. Yet unlike war heroes, who are lionized, they are facing unprecedented attacks and death threats.
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