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Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa’s mental health system is changing again. Up until 2013, Iowa had county-by-county mental health management paid for with a property tax levy.
For the second time in 12 years, Iowa's mental health system is undergoing an overhaul. Advocates of the change hope it will improve access to services and better coordination of care, by ...
The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach office held a Youth Mental Health First Aid Training in Glenwood Tuesday.
Vera French CEO Rich Whitaker is concerned about dovetailing impacts of the state mental health system's new, lower rates, and potentially fewer people covered by Medicaid under proposals in Congress.
Staff and budget cuts will result in fewer services for people fighting mental illness and addiction, including Narcan distribution.
A father’s poor mental health may harm child development, a new study has found. Here’s how fathers, too, can get the support they need.
With consideration of cultural differences in mental health, data support changing psychiatric diagnosis from symptom checklists to impairment-based frameworks.
Though behavioral health conditions do not discriminate between Democrats and Republicans, the Medicaid cuts may be particularly damaging for residents of red states.
Santa Clara County’s new residential facility in San José will offer shared living spaces to people leaving jail with mental health needs.
Health officials in Iowa have confirmed two active measles cases in the eastern part of the state, including an unvaccinated child in Johnson County.
Collier County leaders are moving forward with the nonprofit David Lawrence Center operating an 87-bed mental health center that the county will build with $56 million of taxpayer money.
On Monday, the father of Trisha Prinsen's 2-year-old daughter killed the little girl during a mental crisis and then took his own life.