‘This Town Has Nothing’: Rural Texas’ Mental Healthcare Crisis
Against long odds, Sweetwater’s public hospital recruited counselors to help address a wave of mental health crises in rural Texas—yet struggles continue.
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Isolation Makes Heat Waves More Deadly
Loneliness can be deadly amid worsening climate change.
Mental Illness Shouldn’t Land You in Jail
Up to 40 percent of the people who end up behind bars in Travis County are in crisis. Diversion offers better options.
Two Executions, Many Questions about Mental Health, Innocence
Texas' deadly spring continues: Two Black men, Gary Green and Arthur Brown Jr. are set to be killed this week by the state.
Michael Urie Just Can’t Resist Texas
The Shrinking actor talks mental health, being queer, and why the Lone Star State is the perfect home for his new play Silver Foxes.
Texas Cities Prioritize Police over People
Fort Worth spends six times more on criminal justice than community services.
A Bad Trip with the Toad Shaman
Psychedelic churches charge thousands to teach practitioners to administer bufo, a trendy “sacrament.” Experts warn these programs are ripe for abuse.
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Mentally Ill and Sentenced to Death
After 45 years, Texas’ longest-serving death row inmate was resentenced last week due to a long history of severe mental illness. But state lawmakers this session again declined to ban the death penalty for people like him.
Telehealth Could be Great, if Texans Had Access to It
Remote health care has the potential to connect patients to doctors safely during shelter-in-place. So why do so many Texans remain disconnected?
How the San Antonio Police Are Rethinking Mental Health
A new documentary on policing in San Antonio makes a simple suggestion: Instead of arresting mentally ill people, listen to them.