Daniel Reyes

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Daniel Reyes is Senior Writer at Daily Reading (kalmausam.in), covering the urgent end of the U.S. mental health system: 988, mobile crisis teams, emergency rooms, telehealth psychiatry, dual-diagnosis treatment, and trauma care. His reporting follows safe-messaging guidelines published by SAMHSA and reportingonsuicide.org, and operational details are verified with the team's research editors.

Daniel comes from a long-form health writing background, with prior coverage of behavioural health policy, addiction services, and the rollout of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. He approaches crisis-related coverage with the goal of helping a reader figure out what to do in the next hour, not just what the system looks like in the abstract.

Daniel does not provide medical, psychological, or psychiatric advice. His articles are informational and are governed by Daily Reading's Editorial Policy and Medical Disclaimer. Reach the editorial team at support@kalmausam.in.

Hospital-Affiliated Therapist Near Me: When Academic Medical Center Mental Health Beats Private Practice

January 20, 2024 by Daniel Reyes

Patricia Donnelly, a 58-year-old retired teacher in Cleveland, Ohio, had been in private-practice therapy for two years when her panic attacks worsened despite three medication trials and weekly CBT. Her primary care physician at Cleveland Clinic suggested a referral to the hospital’s Center for Behavioral Health, where psychiatrists, psychologists, and a neuropsychologist could coordinate. Patricia … Read more

Halfway House for Veterans: Transitional Housing After Combat-Related Treatment

December 10, 2023 by Daniel Reyes

Marcus Reyna did three combat tours in Helmand Province before the Marine Corps medically retired him in 2019. The PTSD diagnosis came first, the alcohol came second, and by the time he was thirty-two he had been evicted from two apartments in San Antonio and was sleeping in his pickup outside a Whataburger. A VA … Read more

Halfway House for Veterans: Transitional Housing After Combat-Related Treatment

December 10, 2023 by Daniel Reyes

Hyperventilation Tetany ER Visits: Distinguishing from Cardiac and Neurological Emergencies

November 25, 2023 by Daniel Reyes

Priya, a 28-year-old paralegal in San Diego, had just bombed an oral argument practice when her hands began to claw inward involuntarily. Her lips went numb. Her jaw tightened. By the time her supervisor walked her to the urgent care two blocks away, she was convinced she was having a stroke. The clinician took one … Read more

Hyperventilation Tetany ER Visits: Distinguishing from Cardiac and Neurological Emergencies

November 25, 2023 by Daniel Reyes

Boundaries in Friendship Mental Health: When Friends Become Therapy

October 28, 2023 by Daniel Reyes

Maya, a 31-year-old graphic designer in Asheville, North Carolina, started noticing the dread before her phone even buzzed. Her best friend Tasha had been calling nightly for months, sometimes for two hours, processing a chaotic breakup, a job she hated, and a complicated relationship with her mother. Maya loved her. She wanted to help. But … Read more

Insurance for Elderly Parents With Mental Illness: When Adult Children Take Over Coverage

October 19, 2023 by Daniel Reyes

Tasha noticed the changes slowly at first. Her mother Evelyn, 78, living alone in Charlotte, had always managed her own affairs, but in the span of about eighteen months she’d missed three Medicare Advantage open enrollment windows, let her supplemental coverage lapse, accumulated $4,200 in unpaid prescription copays, and started telling Tasha that “the people … Read more

Insurance for Elderly Parents With Mental Illness: When Adult Children Take Over Coverage

October 19, 2023 by Daniel Reyes

Mandarin Chinese Speaking Therapist: Finding Bilingual Mental Health Care for Asian Immigrants

October 14, 2023 by Daniel Reyes

When Mei-Lin Chen, a 34-year-old software engineer in Sunnyvale, California, finally decided to seek therapy after months of insomnia and silent crying spells in her car, she expected the hardest part to be admitting she needed help. It turned out the harder part was finding someone who could understand her. The first English-speaking therapist asked … Read more

Mandarin Chinese Speaking Therapist: Finding Bilingual Mental Health Care for Asian Immigrants

October 14, 2023 by Daniel Reyes