In the most-comprehensive look yet at whether people are using Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court, Calmatters found that far fewer Californians are enrolled in the mental health program than he projected.
Operators of mental health support lines are laying off staff and ceasing or curtailing services due to California budget cuts and a 2024 ballot measure.
Gavin Newsom made mental health a priority when he took office five years ago. This ballot initiative will provide billions of dollars to fund housing and treatment facilities for mentally ill Californians – but will also pull money from community services.
Proposition 1, a March ballot measure in California, is the latest state proposal that aims to make major changes in mental health policy. Here's a look at some of the others over the past 75 years.
Proposition 1, a March ballot measure in California, promises to build 4,350 supportive housing units for homeless people with chronic mental illness. Can it succeed where previous measures fell short?
The California governor signed the first of a series of bills that aim to transform California’s mental health system. Depending on who you ask, this transformation represents a long overdue humanitarian response – or a worrisome step backward on civil liberties.
Eight years, 9 months, 24 days. That’s how long Lorenzo Mays waited inside a cell in the Sacramento County jail, struggling to understand the court system well enough to stand trial for a 2010 murder he insists he didn’t commit.
California state prisons transfer people with serious mental illness far more frequently than other prisoners — sometimes moving them dozens of times — a CalMatters’ analysis of newly acquired state data has found.
With demand rising for mental health care, and providers in short supply, experts explain how California got here – and where we may be headed.
In March, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a controversial proposal to compel people with serious mental health issues into care and housing. Mental health advocates, mayors and family members heralded the plan as a visionary move. Some county officials say they were stunned.
Starting Saturday, people experiencing mental health crises in California and around the country need to remember just three numbers to dial for help: 988. Compared with many other states, California appears to be in relatively good shape to receive an influx of new callers as news of 988 spreads, according to some mental health leaders.
Three decades after California’s prisons first came under court monitoring for rampant abuse and neglect of prisoners with mental illness, the system is still failing to protect its sickest inmates. For many, prison isn't a place to heal, it's a place to disappear.
California Governor Gavin Newsom's administration has allocated $4.4 billion in one-time funds to create a statewide Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative. The "unprecedented" funding aims to create a sweeping transformation of the children’s mental health system. The bulk of the money has yet to be distributed, but efforts to develop a vision and work with stakeholders are underway.
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Some therapists who had trouble connecting with youth turned to another source of connection: Minecraft therapy, which follows the approach of play therapy. In this webinar, we’ll talk with two leading experts in the promising genre.
How Minecraft Therapy Is Transforming Child and Teen Mental Health Care
