Mental Health

“Stressor, after stressor, after stressor is just, it’s hurting us psychologically, our immune system.”

Many Texans can’t access their regular mental health services because of power and internet outages. But there are ways to deal with difficult feelings in the mean time.

A 2018 audit said national data showed Austin had the highest per capita rate of police killings of people experiencing mental health crises. The city says its goal is to not have police respond to these calls if they don't pose a threat to public safety.

A few dozen markers are visible from the street. There's a chain-link fence on all sides and a sign outside a wrought iron gate that reads: Austin State Hospital Cemetery.

“You are in isolation, but you are not alone. Reach out.”

If a young person says they want to end their life, how do you help? First, don't panic. Suicide is preventable. Here's advice for helping young people in crisis, from people who've lived through it.

A cluster of suicides in Las Vegas, plus a troubling rise in youth suicide attempts observed in ERs nationwide, is raising fears that the pandemic is fueling a children's mental health crisis.

Hear from mental health care providers and people in the Austin music ecosystem about mental health during the pandemic.

Dell Med researchers are looking into whether empathy can be a medical intervention for the health effects of isolation.

“It's the collective socialization of manhood that we're talking about.”