Mental Health

Missouri had the 4th highest rate in the country of residents taking benzodiazepines, and that was before the pandemic amped up anxiety.

Twenty months into the COVID-19 crisis, many businesses and organizations have found ways forward — including colleges and universities. But the students served by those institutions? Many of them are really struggling.

The program launched by the St. Clair County Transit District is meant to relieve pressure on local police and offer better care for riders who need it.

Kendall Martinez-Wright, the first Black transgender woman to run for the Missouri House, discusses the campaign’s toll on her mental health and her diagnosis of bipolar disorder on "St. Louis on the Air."

This time around we’re going to do things a little differently. We partnered with Dr. Kira Banks and the Raising Equity podcast on this episode to discuss movement and mental health. Dr. Banks and I wanted to understand more deeply how people are coping with the feeling of loss, the loss of normalcy, loved ones, jobs, and more. In this episode we hear from a yoga instructor and math teacher about how he combined his passion for yoga with education and then Dr. Banks and I sit down with a local Black therapist who talks about how he shaped the mission of his private practice.

A new law will give the Department of Commerce and Insurance greater oversight to ensure mental health care is covered the same as physical conditions.

Some in public health now argue that when providers use such monitoring programs to cut off prescription opiate misuse, people who have an addiction instead turn to heroin and fentanyl.

Webster University will use a $1 million federal grant to identify and treat the mental health needs of those in immigrant and underserved communities.

During a pandemic that led many to grapple with grief, distress and isolation – and civil rights uprising against police brutality and systemic racism – a lack of support for those suffering from mental health distress became increasingly evident. There is a growing movement to create a mental health crisis response that doesn’t solely rely on police.

Some Missourians who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are relishing the freedom to resume in-person activities. But others are struggling with anxiety, after a year of isolation and uncertainty.