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NAMI Celebrates Major Step Forward in “9-8-8” Mental Health Crisis Response.
Arlington, VA – Yesterday, Congress passed S. 2661, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020, which will head to the President’s desk to be signed into law. “The need for 9-8-8 is urgent. Without appropriate care, people with mental illness end up on our...
NAMI and Designer Kenneth Cole Team to Fight Mental Illness.
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 Net Assisting Members in California During State of Emergency.
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...
Family mental health crisis: Parental depression, anxiety during COVID-19 will affect kids too.
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...
Why Californians dropping are private insurance to get taxpayer-funded treatment .
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...
Bay Area counties can spend millions buying hotels for homeless people, but timeline is tight.
Bay Area officials are racing to put together proposals to buy hotels and motels as the state prepares to hand out hundreds of millions of dollars for properties that can be turned into permanent housing for homeless people. The Homekey program, created in the...
Daybreak Health launches online mental health therapy for teens amid the pandemic’s mental health crisis [TechCrunch].
Working with a team of ten trained mental health clinicians, the Y Combinator -backed startup Daybreak Health is working with Bay Area high schools to provide mental health support for teens. Alex Alvarado, Siddarth Cidambi, and Luke Mercado, the three co-founders of...
How do we reach mental health parity if therapists don’t take insurance?
This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. By Renee Fabian It's no secret that trying to find a psychotherapist in California who accepts your health insurance is becoming more difficult. Where I live in Los...
Sean Astin Says Mom Patty Duke’s Mental Illness Led Him to Advocate: ‘There’s No Judgment’.
The Lord of the Rings actor opens up about the importance of carrying on his late mother Patty Duke's legacy in mental health advocacy. Although actor Sean Astin is famous for his memorable roles in iconic films like The Goonies, Rudy, the Lord of the Rings trilogy...
5 Things That Truly Helped Us Be There For Our Son’s Mental Illness.
Unlike other illnesses, mental illness has a stigma attached to it, and we as a society are just not that equipped to help those suffering in our midst. Despite the rising cases of depression, anxiety, suicide, and general mental health awareness, we still don’t know...