Every year, nearly 30 million Americans see a therapist — and some of those patients are therapists themselves. What does that mean? Simply that therapists are human.
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Argosy University, a national for-profit college with a big campus in Eagan, Minn., suddenly closed last month. Argosy had carved out a specialty in mental health care. It once trained about a fifth of the Twin Cities' licensed psychologists, by one former dean's estimate. Its closing has left students stranded and local mental health leaders worried about how to meet the state's already widening demand for psychologists.
Read MoreJames Densley, a special education teacher, and Rick Kaufman, executive director of community relations and emergency management for Bloomington Public Schools, join Angela Davis to talk about potential safeguards schools can put in place to help prevent gun violence.
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Gun violence and mental health issues, the two are often linked by politicians, in the media and in the minds of the general public. But a new study from the journal Preventive Medicine says that's not the case.
Read MoreMental health care in schools, mental health grants for children and adults, and eliminating the use of solitary confinement for people with mental illness are among the bills mental health advocates are pushing in the Legislature this session.
Read MoreEach year, one in five Minnesotans faces some sort of mental health condition. But there are just not enough professionals to help. This hour on MPR News, we asked how Minnesotans can get the help they need for their mental health.
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In what could prove to be a landmark case, a federal judge in Northern California ruled this week that a subsidiary of Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group violated its responsibilities to patients with mental health and substance use disorder needs.
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The connections between mental well-being and creativity, the arts as a form of communication, coping, and therapy, and musical expression as healing. A community conversation to share experiences with mental health, and how the arts and creative self-expression have helped.
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MPR's Chris Farrell hosted this Conversation on the Creative Economy at the MANOVA Summit, a global gathering at the Minneapolis Convention Center on the future of health and health care.
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MPR News Morning Edition Host Cathy Wurzer hosts an expert panel to learn more about the public health problem of suicide and what can be done about it.
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