As Republicans prepare to dismantle Obamacare, mental health advocates are worried that benefits for counseling and substance abuse treatment will be lost in the shuffle.
Mental Health Matters
Throughout Mental Health Month in May 2016, The Texas Tribune partnered with the Mental Health Channel and KLRU to focus on some of Texas’ biggest challenges in providing mental health care. The series featured a mix of traditional Tribune reporting, a panel discussion hosted by KLRU, deep-dive reporting videos and a PBS special that aired nationwide. Topics of coverage included hurdles specific communities face and their workarounds, mental health in our school system, veterans and mental health, and mental health and the criminal justice system.
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Texas Colleges Lag in Mental Health Services
Students who need help dealing with depression, anxiety and other mental health issues often must wait weeks to see a counselor at Texas’ major public universities.
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Analysis: You Thought Your State Government Worked For You?
A lot can happen when you’re distracted by presidential politics. The past week offered a few relatively local reminders of why politics matters.
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Texas Universities Turning to Online Counseling
The number of students seeking mental health counseling, usually for depression and anxiety, is surging at Texas universities. Three are trying a new online program designed to reach more students.
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Mental Health Matters Explores Texas Innovation (Video)
In partnership with KLRU and the Mental Health Channel, The Texas Tribune brings you Mental Health Matters, a news magazine program that takes viewers across the state to meet Texans finding or providing mental health care in innovative ways.
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Suicide Prevention Efforts Focus on Small Texas Towns
Public health experts are looking more closely at the issue of suicides in small towns.
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Issue of Mental Health Assessment a Focus as 3 Fight Death Sentences
Criminal justice experts say that determining mental health can be hard for anyone, including judges, defense attorneys, prosecutors and jurors. They say the issues revealed in three cases are key in furthering the discussion in how mental health is gauged when weighing the death penalty for killers.
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Female Veterans Find Solace, Support Through “Sisterhood” (Video)
More female veterans call Texas home than any other state in the country, according to 2015 figures. One nonprofit group in Houston ensures that female veterans get a safe space to receive counseling and learn from one another’s experiences.
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For Foster Kids, a Push to Ensure Medical Care Treats Psychological Pain
State officials hope a new network of clinics will better connect foster children with trauma-informed behavioral health care.
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Ensuring a Clear Path to Effective Mental Heath Care
Across the state, many people with mental illness can’t find, or can’t afford, care. This episode of Mental Health Matters explores what policies and programs people can access to get effective help.