MORE ON: mental health

Daily Report: Public Safety

Oakland VA office mishandled claims, inspector general finds

May 10, 2012, 4:37 PM
Staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs' Oakland office regularly made incorrect decisions when evaluating disability claims and failed to inform veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan that they are entitled to free mental health care, according to a report released today [PDF]... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Major Medi-Cal changes raise questions

February 22, 2012, 12:05 AM
Sweeping changes for the state’s medical program for the needy are taking shape, even as legislative advisers and advocates raise major questions. Changes include more seniors being routed to managed care programs, a reinvention of how hospitals are paid and the collapse of two state... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Housing program for mentally ill struggles in rural counties

August 16, 2011, 12:05 AM
For nearly all his adult life, Fernando drifted between Mexico and the United States, his typical bed a couch in a friend's or family member's house. Battling anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behavior, depression and alcohol abuse, he was kicked out everywhere he went. But since last... + read more
Brown is suing a state agency he represents
Daily Report: K–12

Brown proposes schools, not counties, pay for mental health

May 20, 2011, 12:05 AM
Deep in Gov. Jerry Brown's May revision of his January budget is a possible solution to a major conflict over funding mental health services for special education students.  Brown this week proposed that schools, not counties, be responsible for paying for mental health services,... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Federal reform would bolster mental health care but challenges remain

February 16, 2011, 12:05 AM
Federal health reform will increase mental health coverage in myriad ways, but state law still leaves longstanding challenges in place, a panel of federal government authorities and mental health advocates told members of the California Legislature yesterday. No member of the panel could... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Mental hospital attacks shed light on persistent violence

December 23, 2010, 12:05 AM
Soon after a patient was arrested in connection with the homicide of a Napa State Hospital worker, another patient is in jail, accused of seriously injuring a hospital employee. Lawmakers are already grappling with what can be done to remedy what’s emerged as a serious problem with the... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Hospital police want to carry guns off grounds

December 13, 2010, 12:05 AM
The values of safety and therapy are clashing at the state’s mental hospitals, where police officers are pressing for clearance to carry guns. Officers are not seeking to carry firearms on hospital grounds. Rather, the union that represents officers wants them to be armed when patrolling... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, K–12

Mental health advocates sue state over funding

October 26, 2010, 12:06 AM
A group of mental health and disability rights advocates filed a class-action lawsuit against state and local agencies in federal court last week to put a stop to the governor’s veto of a long-standing mental health program. For a quarter of a century, AB 3632 provided critical mental... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Mental health nonprofits report more demand, less money

August 18, 2010, 12:05 AM
Nonprofits nationwide say they are still reeling from the recession, and a recent survey suggests mental health and crisis-intervention groups are among the hardest hit. GuideStar, which collects and publishes information about nonprofits, surveyed 6,679 public charities and private... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Few with mental health problems seek help from professionals

July 29, 2010, 12:05 AM
Nearly 5 million California adults say they need help for a mental or emotional health problem, and more than 1 million Californians report symptoms associated with serious psychological distress, according to a study released yesterday by researchers at UCLA. Yet of those people, only one in... + read more
Emergency room, hospitals, health care
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Emergency room waits could get longer

March 15, 2010, 12:03 AM
This weekend was the second session of the California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowship conferences in Los Angeles, and the event provided some fascinating and newsy morsels.  Here’s a round-up of what some of the speakers had to say (Check out more detailed blog items here as... + read more
sigmund freud, psychiatry, diagnoses
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Revised psychiatry tome may recognize new disorders

February 11, 2010, 12:04 AM
It’s a controversial and fascinating exercise: Every few years, psychiatrists decide which diagnoses to scrap and which conditions should be recognized as new disorders. Sigmund Freud Sixteen years have passed since doctors last took a hard look at who was coming into their offices... + read more
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