Mental Health

A collection of mental health news and resources.

Two local musicians share how they navigate sobriety
A musician's workplace is often a bar or nightclub. Usually there's alcohol. Sometimes drugs. So, what happens when a musician decides to become sober? Lydia Liza and Kevin Bowe talk about their journey, breaking points and how they continue to stay sober.
Seniors' mental health often is overlooked - and it's a growing problem
The golden years are thought by many to be a well-earned, carefree time in life. But adults 65 and older now account for almost 1 in 5 suicides in America.
Prisons resort to video for psychiatric care
The difficulty of finding psychiatrists willing to work in prisons is forcing the institutions to provide care via video to populations with high rates of mental illness.
Feeling blue? Oregon students now can take 'mental health days'
Oregon will allow students to take "mental health days" just as they would sick days, expanding the reasons for excused school absences to include mental or behavioral health under a new law that experts say is one of the first of its kind in the U.S.
Plaintiffs demand UnitedHealth beef up mental health coverage
Attorneys for the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group have filed their rebuttal to the big insurer's arguments against the remedies they're seeking. A federal judge has sided with the plaintiffs, finding that UnitedHealth's coverage for behavioral health care is substandard.
Ag department wants to help farm kids with stress
State officials say the financial and emotional challenges affecting Minnesota farmers has hit farm kids even harder. Later this month, the state Department of Agriculture will offer two free workshops that give an overview of stressors unique to growing up on a farm.