The numbers show the Bayou State has the 4 th highest average number of poor mental health days compared to other states. Louisiana is also low for physical activity participation and near the bottom ...

The L.A. Times Features team shares the places that have helped them amid uncertainty, be it a hot spring, cool desert, ...

Montana lawmakers are grappling with what they can do to improve patient care and operations at the state's psychiatric hospital since realizing that the efforts underway to restore the troubled ...

Louisiana ranks as the second-worst state in 2025 for mental health. Soliant Health researchers ranked all 50 U.S. states in ...

Unlike crime and taxes, mental health has yet to receive a focused special session of the Louisiana Legislature with the goal ...

“Freezing federal grant and loan payments is a direct attack on everyday Louisianians and our most vulnerable communities.

Allison Burk’s teenage daughter struggled with uncontrolled emotions, a shrinking attention span and a growing tendency to ...

More states hope to rein in the harm social media can do to teens by approving laws that require age verification or parental consent.

Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice is transferring incarcerated girls to the Ware Youth Center, with which the leader of ...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awards $1 million in planning grants to 14 states for mental health and substance abuse care.

There may soon be new developments with the Central State Hospital, located right across from Lake Buhlow in Pineville.

Most survivors won’t need help. But other community disasters created struggles for a significant number of people, often ...