This article is part of “Innovations In: Solutions for Health Equity,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. California’s ...

In Northampton, a doctor works to make medical visits inclusive and gender affirming from the get-go. A psychiatric hospital in Holyoke is exploring religious and cultural stigmas surrounding mental ...

In the face of high addiction rates, mounting mental health crises, and daily reports of overdoses and suicides in the United States, a community triage center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has come ...

The National Center for Education Statistics recently reported that of the 49.6 million students enrolled in public schools across America, approximately 55% identified as members of ethnic or racial ...

Culturally sensitive therapy involves mental health practitioners adjusting or choosing mental health techniques in a way that accounts for an individual’s cultural history and identity. When a person ...

A person’s culture can influence their mental health in various ways, including how they express mental health symptoms and seek treatment. Culture includes learned beliefs, values, and behaviors, and ...

California’s Inland Empire is a broad swath of land east of Los Angeles, about five times the size of Connecticut, stretching through desert and surrounded by mountains. It’s one of the state’s ...