Mental Health

The author of a new memoir, Learning in the Free Fall: A Testimony of Mental Health, Poverty and Race in America, shares her experience in America's education system.

Proposed cuts could leave a program meant to investigate instances of abuse against individuals with mental illness from harm at risk.

A look at this week's news, including the end of a state mental health program and the potential privatization of the U.S. Postal Service.

State officials recently announced that they will end the state's Integrated Health Home program, which supports severely mentally ill Iowans, and will transition them to the newly-formed Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics.

The state's major overhaul of its mental health and disability service systems is going into effect this week. Officials say they hope it makes it easier for Iowans to access services.

Men from a variety of different backgrounds with connections to Iowa reflect on what it means to be a man in 2025.

Polk County’s lead homelessness planning organization, Homeward, identified more people struggling with homelessness. Those numbers might go up more when COVID rental assistance money runs out, but there are solutions.

Women are diagnosed four years older than men on average, across hundreds of conditions, though men with depression are often overlooked in mental health care.

Author and mindfulness coach Becky Schmooke discusses her new book on leadership and a teacher reflects on the importance of National History Day.

Experts say the moderate gains in maternal mental health could be impacted by proposed cuts to Medicaid at the federal level.