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A Johnson County partnership is offering people with Down syndrome and their caretakers access to therapy services. Down Syndrome Innovations and the county-run mental health center will provide a mental health clinician for eight to 12 sessions per patient.

A woman from Montrose, Missouri, with Down syndrome struggled to get treatment for a traumatic brain injury because doctors wouldn't look past her condition. Many adults with Down syndrome face similar barriers.

A Republican state representative from St. Charles wants to legalize psilocybin, aka magic mushrooms, for medical treatment in Missouri. Plus: Manor Records closed its brick-and-mortar store in Strawberry Hill and is focusing on its true mission: making money for local musicians.

Psilocybin, the psychedelic drug commonly referred to as "magic mushrooms," is outlawed in most states, including Missouri, but a Republican legislator is trying to change that. He shares how the drug could be used to treat some ailments.

Trish Reedy tells the story of surviving an abusive relationship, and reveals the tactics used by abusers to exert control over their partners.

The MS Achievement Center, located at the University of Kansas Medical Center, provides weekly therapies and socialization for those with the neurological disease.

Missouri students reported feeling more sadness and hopelessness compared to prior years. But the state is near the bottom of the country in terms of having the recommended ratio of students to school psychologists.

Music therapy can reduce stress in premature infants and help them recover from medical procedures. University of Missouri researchers are now studying whether music therapy also affects their long-term brain development.

Black Kansas Citians say therapy feels safer when their counselor is Black. But there’s a lack of Black therapists in the area and across the country.

Both North Kansas City and Independence recently introduced legislation banning the practice of conversion therapy on minors. In one city it passed. In the other it did not.

What is behind a coalition of Kansas City civil rights leaders asking the Department of Justice to investigate the city's police department, two municipalities that have considered banning conversion therapy, and the work of preserving the Kansas River.

In addition to various types of equine therapy, Northland Therapeutic Riding Center in Holt, Missouri, encourages horse painting. Even the horses enjoy it.