Mental Health

Rep. Ann Meyer and Rep. Timi Brown-Powers join Ben Kieffer to discuss mental health legislation on the move in the Iowa House of Representatives. Then, Rep. Bobby Kaufmann and Rep. Dennis Cohoon discuss a bill that would change how ATV and UTV vehicles can access certain state roads.

Host Ben Kieffer talks with addiction physician, and bioethicist, Dr. Carl Erik Fisher. His new book is titled "The Urge: Our History of Addiction."

A key state lawmaker is proposing four new policies aimed at increasing the capacity of Iowa’s mental health system to care for people with severe mental illness.

Students at Dubuque School District’s high schools have a new 'brain health retreat' rooms to help address their mental health needs.

A $500,000 grant from the USDA will be used in the upcoming year to provide agriculture producers with more access to mental health support.

Meatpacking families in the state were hit hard by the pandemic, but that doesn’t mean they were all torn apart.

Drug overdoses have soared during the pandemic to become the worst overdose crisis in U.S. history. Host Ben Kieffer hears personal stories of addiction and talks with representatives of organizations trying to prevent overdoses in a conversation originally produced on August 24, 2021.

Mental health resources in Spanish in Iowa’s rural areas are limited. One Spanish-speaking clinician is asking for support as his workload continues to increase.

Guillermo Romano Ibarra meets with Ben Kieffer at Lake McBride State Park to recount his journey of recovery and survival after he was nearly killed by a motorist while riding his bicycle in rural Johnson county.

Author Reid Forgrave joins Charity Nebbe to talk about his book "Love, Zac: Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy." It tells the tragic story of Indianola's Zac Easter and the negative impact of CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). Easter's mother, Brenda, and Ali Epperson, Easter's girlfriend, also join the conversation.