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More online resources needed for Californians with disabilities requiring help making critical decisions

UCLA analysis calls for providing supported decision-making materials tailored for more languages, cultures, employment sectors, and disability types
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Community organizations awarded $200,000 to implement UCLA students’ health equity projects

Four proposals each receive $50,000 to support Black male trauma recovery, foster youth resilience, autism-friendly emergency departments, and accessible playgrounds
The 2025 UCLA Health Equity Challenge finalists

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Ask the Expert: Calvin Chang on what community-engaged research means for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

The director of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab explains how good intentions haven’t always produced good collaborations
Calvin Chang Ask the Expert

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Press Releases
July 22, 2021

Mental health needs might not be met among California’s Latino and Asian communities

UCLA studies reveal many don’t believe they need help, even if they report having psychological symptoms

Number of Californians who experienced mental health distress sharply increased from 2014 to 2018
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September 30, 2020

Number of Californians who experienced mental health distress sharply increased from 2014 to 2018

From 2014 to 2018, the number of California adults who reported that they had experienced serious psychological distress in any given year increased by 42%, according to a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research policy brief published today.

Nearly 2 million California adults don’t get needed mental health care
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June 25, 2020

Nearly 2 million California adults don’t get needed mental health care

UCLA researchers recommend expansion of Proposition 63 services to address unmet needs ​Of the 3 million California adults who have recently experienced psychological distress and are eligible for public mental health services, 1.8 million say they have received no treatment or support, according to a policy brief released today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

27 percent of California adolescents say they are viewed as gender nonconforming, study finds
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December 13, 2017

27 percent of California adolescents say they are viewed as gender nonconforming, study finds

The survey measures youths’ perceptions of how they are seen by their student peers. A new UCLA study finds that 27 percent, or 796,000, of California’s youth, ages 12 to 17, report they are viewed by others as gender nonconforming at school.