August 2020 News Listing

Even before COVID-19, mental illness was one of the most prevalent public health crises, affecting hundreds of millions of people globally. As the pandemic has claimed more than 177,000 Americans with over 5 million confirmed cases, mental illness remains a public health emergency. The World Health Organization notes that 1-in-4 people globally will be affected more

In response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s declared state of emergency in California, Health Net, LLC is providing special assistance to ensure its members affected by the ongoing wildfires have access to essential prescription medications and other healthcare services to help them cope with grief, loss, stress or trauma. Prescription Information During evacuations, members in counties more

For most parents, to say the the COVID-19 pandemic has been stressful would be a dramatic understatement. The combination of financial pressure, loss of child care and health concerns is exceedingly challenging for families. Mental health problems are expected to rise dramatically as a secondary effect of COVID-19 and the measures that have been put more

There’s an open secret among those who care for people with serious mental illnesses. Judy Bracken first heard it a few years ago from a hospital social worker: If Bracken wanted her adult son, who has schizoaffective disorder, to receive long-term mental health treatment, she should get him off her private insurance, UnitedHealthcare, and onto more