Mental health care

Two states legalized psychedelic therapies since 2020 and President Biden signed a law supporting studies of how they might help veterans. Proposals like those keep dying in California.

Across the country, there’s a shortage of behavioral health care providers — and it’s particularly pronounced in small towns.

Advocates of psilocybin treatment say 2024 was the year when Oregon’s psychedelic program started to stand on its own.

Oregon’s largest Medicaid provider, CareOregon, is making a policy change that some therapists say could reduce mental health services to low-income people.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek's proposed two-year budget boost spending on three of her core issues — even if it crowds out some other priorities.

New report from a state work group offers dozens of suggestions to improve Oregon’s civil commitment process

State lawmakers are advancing two bills aimed at protecting children from the harms of social media, part of a nationwide wave of efforts to address the issue. Yet the bills’ proponents face hurdles in finding an approach that can survive legal challenges.

With climate change adding to their burden, agriculture researchers say more farmers are seeking ways to cope and be more resilient.

Residents of the Douglas County city get to decide on the emerging therapy because a two-year moratorium on these businesses expires at the end of this year.

Even when suicidal, California firefighters struggle to find medical help and navigate the workers’ comp morass to pay for it. A 2021 analysis showed their claims were more likely to involve PTSD — and were denied more often.

A final report on the state’s residential facility capacity says the state needs to be able to treat 3,700 more people by the fall of 2025; a draft report cited less than 3,000.

Doctors on the front lines of California’s homelessness and mental health crises are using monthly injections to treat psychosis in their most vulnerable patients.