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Aug 22, 2025
Imelda Padilla-Frausto, research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, discussed how a projected 2.7% cost-of-living adjustment to social security could leave many recipients with less buying power.
Jul 23, 2025
This piece focuses on a recent study conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research that used pooled data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) to reveal alarming rates of psychological distress among American Indian and Alaska Native adults in California. Also picked up in Medical Xpress and Mirage News.
Feb 18, 2025
This story cites 2019 California Health Interview Survey data about differences between girls' and boys' experiences with serious psychological distress.
Nov 15, 2024
According to a study published last year by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, the percentage of immigrant adults in California with “serious psychological distress” increased by 50% between 2015 and 2021. The study defines serious psychological distress as severe, diagnosable mental health conditions, like depression and anxiety.
Jun 26, 2024
Imelda Padilla-Frausto, research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, shares how the long delays in receiving payments for treating patients with workers' compensation claims for mental health care treatment have pushed some doctors to no longer accept such patients.
May 20, 2024
In this Q&A, Imelda Padilla-Frausto shares her "non-traditional" journey from studying engineering and computer science at community college in central New Mexico to research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Apr 25, 2024
Nearly half of California youths from the ages of 12 to 17 report having recently struggled with mental health issues, with nearly a third experiencing serious psychological distress, according to a 2021 study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Also published on KFF Health News.
Mar 21, 2024
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's Kathryn Kietzman and Imelda Padilla-Frausto are cited in this article about hunger among older adults.
Jul 17, 2023
A new study from the Center for Health Policy Research at the University of California, Los Angeles finds that adults who identify as Black and at least one other race are more likely to need mental health services than those who identify only as Black.
Jun 28, 2023
California adults who identify as Black and at least one other race or more likely to need mental health services than those who identify as Black, according to a study published today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.