Mental Health

Hospitals don’t include mental health patients in federal standardized surveys of adults after they’re discharged. Washington University professor Morgan Shields and her colleagues teamed up with mental health advocates to fight for hospitals to survey those who receive behavioral health care.

Missourians are seeing massive delays in receiving services, ranging from call center wait times to court-ordered mental treatment.

The Missouri Asian American Youth Foundation presses Missouri lawmakers for stricter gun control laws and equitable access to mental health care.

Many women who fled Afghanistan and Syria over the past year are experiencing PTSD and suffering from other mental health illnesses. The Oasis International organization is hosting a free group therapy session for Afghans and Syrians refugees to help them as they learn to live in a new environment.

Art exhibition “Neuro Blooms” paints a picture of how different brains work — specifically those of people living with specific mental health conditions.

A partnership with Chestnut Health Systems originated on the Illinois side of the St. Louis area’s public transit system in 2021 and expanded to two stations in Missouri earlier this year.

The St. Louis Department of Health will soon hire 14 new staff members to create the bureau, which will address the lack of treatment options for drug addiction and mental health problems.

No one was charged when staff were caught on a 911 tape threatening violence against a Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center resident who has developmental disabilities. New reporting shows a culture of cover-ups at the facility.

An independent expert who has monitored the mental health care was terminated reducing the transparency around an often failing system.

The Department of Mental Health has continued to grapple with steep vacancies among staff, causing access to care across its state-run mental health facilities to decline as wings are shut down.