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Nov 1, 2024 · Gavin Newsom’s Mental Health Plan Could Strip More than $700 Million from Services, Report Says. A proposal from Gov. Gavin Newsom to overhaul the state’s behavioral and mental health system is likely to take nearly $720 million away from services provided by county governments annually, according to a new analysis.
Mental health giving rises a bit but still too low - MindSite News
Sep 25, 2024 · An Interview with Kristen Ward. Ever since some preliminary research in 2018 from the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy found that only 1.3% of all dollars donated by foundations and philanthropists went to mental health, the sector has been called out for giving too little attention – and too few dollars – to address a critical need.
The Top Mental Health Stories of 2022 - MindSite News
Jan 4, 2023 · Solutions: Telehealth helps.More funding does too, although it takes time to train new clinicians. Building a cadre of peer support workers can have more rapid impacts. The National Governors Association recommended building a pipeline to address the children’s mental health workforce shortage through incentives to offset the cost of training programs, apprenticeship models and aligning two ...
Dangers of Mental Health Crisis Arrests - MindSite News
Oct 9, 2024 · In other news… Courtesy of Warner Brothers. Joker: Folie à deux portrays mental illness better than the original Joker, according to Slate. “Much to my delight…the subtitle “folie à deux” is not just a clever flourish by the filmmakers,” reviewer Matthew Rozsa writes.. “As if to compensate for the first movie’s deficiencies, Joker: Folie à deux is a better depiction of ...
School Shooting: Beyond Thoughts & Prayers Is Mental Health
Sep 17, 2024 · Photo: Michele Cohen Marill. On a recent afternoon, the sisters of Christian Angulo, a 14-year-old freshman who died in the shooting, knelt before his photo at the memorial and read some of the messages left to honor him. Nearby, Sara Schneider stood at a respectful distance, keeping a protective eye. A Winder resident, she is still mourning ...
MindSite News Cofounder Tom Insel on PBS NewsHour
by Rob Waters March 16, 2022 Why you can trust MindSite News. Our own Dr. Tom Insel, former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, author of the new book Healing, and a cofounder of MindSite News, was interviewed last night by Judy Woodruff on PBS New Hour. You can watch the episode here. Insel: If we really care about mental ...
New Findings on PTSD - MindSite News
Dec 13, 2023 · Historically, PTSD treatments have included helping treat the memory as something far away from the present. But the new study, Schiller says, shows that “the brain doesn’t look like it’s in a state of memory; it looks like it is a state of present experience.”. Scientists learned that traumatic memories move through an area of the ...
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Sep 27, 2021 · A new, editorially independent, digital publication focused on mental health, resilience and recovery The U.S. and much of the world is in the midst of a deepening and poorly understood mental health crisis – a crisis that was festering long before the COVID-19 pandemic. The enormous increase in mental and psychological suffering during the pandemic […]
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We are editorially independent and focus much of our effort on two vital areas: 1) Investigating and exposing the failings and flaws of our mental health system. 2) Bringing to light innovative solutions that have the potential to solve these issues …