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Release of Groundbreaking Award-winning Documentary on Mental Health: “Breaking the Silence”.
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Golden Rule Media, LLC is pleased to announce that, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, their groundbreaking award-winning documentary film about the phenomena of psychosis and psychotic conditions, BREAKING THE...
Oakland Teachers Start Week 2 of Strike Over Community Issues Like Homelessness, Mental Health.
Oakland teachers have started their second week on strike as they push for their contract to include “common good” provisions such as using district property to help homeless students, addressing reparations for Black students, and improving school safety. SAN...
Mental Health Advocate Robert Taylor Takes the Helm at NAMI San Mateo County.
The San Mateo County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) proudly announces the appointment of Robert Taylor as the new Executive Director. The San Mateo County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has appointed Robert Taylor...
California Supreme Court rejects lawsuit challenging Newsom’s plan to treat mental illness.
The California Supreme Court this week declined to block the rollout of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s sweeping new plan to compel people with severe mental illness into treatment, meaning the controversial program remains on track to begin this fall in several counties. Earlier...
Skanska tops out California mental health centre.
Skanska has topped out all buildings at the new Cordilleras Mental Health Centre it is building south of San Francisco for client San Mateo County in California. Skanska says the 77,610-sq-ft campus, designed by architect CannonDesign, will be the state’s first mental...
‘Against their will’: A proposed law would make it easier to detain people with mental illness.
When lawmakers, mayors, psychiatrists and mental health advocates gathered last month to unveil a bill that would “enact major changes to California’s behavioral health law,” they put into motion an annual ritual in Sacramento. Updating the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act...
Announcing NAMI San Mateo County’s New Executive Director! Welcome Robert Taylor!
Contact: Chris Rasmussen, NAMI SMC Board President chris@namaisanmateo.org April 12th, 2023 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), San Mateo County (San Mateo) Announces New Executive Director San Mateo, CA. It is with great pride the San Mateo County chapter of...
San Mateo education board files lawsuit against social media companies.
SAN MATEO - San Mateo County school officials filed a lawsuit this week alleging three major social media companies -- YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat -- are designed to be purposefully addictive and that the platforms have sparked a mental health crisis among young...
Homeless outreach off to busy start in San Mateo.
The San Mateo Police Department’s new homeless outreach team has seen good results in its work to connect unsheltered people with housing and other critical resources, with the two-person team a consistent sight on the streets. The team is made up of Victoria Asfour...
Santa Clara County breaks ground on youth mental health care center.
Facility will fill a void locally in inpatient psychiatric care for children, adolescents. Santa Clara County broke ground Wednesday on a first-of-its-kind behavioral health center for children and adolescents. The new mental health center in San Jose, which will be...