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YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM SHOWS PROMISE
As many as 79,000 attempts may have been averted, researchers estimate By Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Wide-ranging suicide prevention funding appears to have successfully prevented suicide attempts among young people in certain areas of the United States, a new study suggests. The study authors said that the suicide prevention... read more
Gun Deaths Are Mostly Suicides
October 8th By Margot Sanger-Katz When Americans think about deaths from guns, we tend to focus on homicides. But the problem of gun suicide is inescapable: More than 60 percent of people in this country who die from guns die by suicide. Suicide gets a lot less attention than murders for a few reasons. One... read more
AB 1194 signed into law
The Governor just signed CPA sponsored AB 1194 (Eggman), which clarifies that danger in the 5150 statute is not restricted to only imminent danger, and that psychiatric history and the input of families MUST be taken into account. This will become the law in California on January 1, 2016. AB 1194 really amounts to a change... read more
Children in crisis wait for days in local ERs for transfer to mental health facilities
Read more here: https://www.modbee.com/living/health-fitness/article37753587.html#storylink=cpy By Ken Carlson kcarlson@modbee.com When Jessica’s 7-year-old son went into an uncontrolled rage in February, punching his mother and trying to break the windows in their home, he was taken to the emergency department at Modesto’s Doctors Medical Center for an evaluation. Rather than getting prompt treatment for his mood disorder, the... read more
by Craig Bryan, PsyD, ABPP The recent NYTimes piece about a unit of Marines who have struggled with combat-related PTSD and suicide has reignited public conversation about military and veterans mental health, suicide prevention, and mental health treatment. During the course of these discussions, many myths and misconceptions about PTSD and its treatment have arisen. Because... read more
What We've Learned About Kids And Sleep In 2015
The Huffington Post Posted: 09/09/2015 12:00 am EDT Updated: 09/09/2015 12:00 am EDT https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/09/08/sleep-kids-tips_n_7485616.html Kids’ sleep is truly precious. For parents, hardly anything beats the sight of their little one wrapped in a blanket, curls strewn over the pillow, breathing softly and looking happy and serene. But what if your child is tossing and turning, snoring or moaning... read more
Mental Illness is the wrong scapegoat after mass shootings
by Amy Wolf | Dec. 11, 2014, 10:57 AM Watch the YouTube clip featuring Dr. Metzl In the shadow of the two-year anniversary of one of the worst mass shootings in American history, at Sandy Hook Elementary School, an extensive new study by two Vanderbilt University researchers challenges common assumptions about gun violence and mental illness that often emerge... read more
Steve Lopez, LA Times: Steinberg Homeless Housing Initiative
Columnist Steve Lopez often actively works in concert with Darrell Steinberg. . . this is an example of his continuing the coverage started by Mr Steinberg’s Op-ed this last Sunday in the Sacramento Bee. In that Op-ed he outlined a three part mental health initiative for 2016 which includes homeless housing. The CPA will be... read more
TIME TO ADJUST CALIFORNIA'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT
BY DARRELL STEINBERG Special to The Bee Imagine enough resources to provide permanent supportive housing for the thousands of homeless mentally ill and to provide robust mental health services for college students on all our public college campuses without raising a dime of additional state or local dollars. The vision described is possible with modest... read more
FOSTER CHILDREN WITH UNTREATED HEALTH ISSUES FACE BARRIERS TO CARE
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Children with untreated physical and mental health issues living in foster care face several barriers to care, according to an American Academy of Pediatrics report by researchers from California and other states, NPR's "Shots" reports (Neighmond, "Shots," NPR, 9/28). The report -- which was published in the journal Pediatrics -- supports a policy statement... read more