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Mental Health

A collection of mental health news and resources.

College tuition sparked a mental health crisis. Then the hefty hospital bill arrived

College tuition sparked a mental health crisis. Then the hefty hospital bill arrived

A student sought counseling help after panicking over a tuition bill. A weeklong stay in a psychiatric hospital followed — along with a $3,413 bill. The hospital soft-pedaled its charity care policy.
by Jordan Rau

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A bike. A plane ticket. Or just pants: The things we buy when pining for normal times

A bike. A plane ticket. Or just pants: The things we buy when pining for normal times

Even the most mundane purchases are becoming objects of hope in this period of isolation as we crave — and look forward to — the usual routines and experiences of daily life.
by Kat Lonsdorf

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What growing up in a pandemic is doing to our youngest kids’ brains 

What growing up in a pandemic is doing to our youngest kids’ brains 

Could the stress of the pandemic affect children for years to come? Host Angela Davis talks to a research neurologist and a pediatrician about how early experiences influence brain development. 
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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Court revives lawsuit over Minnesota family's 2015 killing

Court revives lawsuit over Minnesota family's 2015 killing

Relatives of Brian Short had sued Park Nicollet health system, alleging that doctors did not do enough to treat Short’s mental illness before he fatally shot his wife, their children and himself in 2015.
by The Associated Press

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Music therapy brings solace to COVID-19 patients and healers

Music therapy brings solace to COVID-19 patients and healers

Even when forced online by the pandemic, music therapy sessions continue to help patients in some ways talk therapy can't. "Music is this portal — this instrument that the brain connects with," says one therapist and COVID-19 long-hauler.
by Elizabeth Blair

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Mental health providers are struggling, too

Mental health providers are struggling, too

About 40 percent of adults in the United States say they have struggled with substance abuse or their mental health issues since the pandemic began. Mental health professionals have been busy providing care and support, but who is helping them?
by Angela Davis and Karen Zamora

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