Mental Health

A program in Anchorage is trying a new tactic to help the chronically homeless: Meeting them where they’re at. Literally.

A federal judge has ruled that a child’s exposure to traumatic events could lead to disability. The decision allows a case against the Compton Unified School District to move forward.

Studies showing that a treatment works are more likely to be published than those with a negative result. So talk therapy and drug therapy for depression are probably less effective than thought.

There’s ample evidence that children in foster care often get powerful psychiatric medications when other treatments would be safer and more effective. But those treatments can be hard to get.

About 3 million people in Texas don’t have a mental health provider in their county. A new loan repayment program may not be enough to lure them to the state’s rural areas.

“Murph just worked harder than everybody else it seemed like, just because he was always giving as much as he could give. He definitely took care of the guy to his left and to his right,” says Mike Mercer.