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Shortage of youth mental health services in Iowa reaches crisis; families are in despair
First of two parts. Jane Day hit her breaking point two years ago, the day her suicidal daughter, struggling with a mix of serious mental health issues, stood on the…
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Texas schools trying to fill mental health professional shortage gaps with telehealth & teen court programs
DALLAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) – Three out of every four Texas children with depression don’t receive any mental health treatment, according to Mental Health America. Pair that with the severe shortage of mental…
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Santa Clara County unveils new residential mental health facility amid psychiatric bed shortage
SAN JOSE — The rooms inside this building—modestly furnished with neatly made twin beds, tables, chairs and nightstands decorated with vases of faux orange-and-violet daises—may look unremarkable. But to Santa…
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Japan’s paradoxical teacher shortage | East Asia Forum
Author: Sae Shimauchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University Despite its low birth rates, Japan is struggling with a shortage of teachers. In Japan, a ‘teacher shortage’ is a situation in which the…
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America facing a mental health crisis amid care shortage
These days when we hear “pandemic,” we usually think of COVID 19, but there has been a largely unattended to pandemic simmering in the United States for decades — our…