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Renovated free medical clinic reopens in San Mateo.
San Mateo free clinic offers medical, dental, behavioral, dietary health care. The Samaritan House free medical clinic in San Mateo has reopened with renovations hoping to make patients feel dignified in their health care. At the grand reopening ceremony at the...
Governor Newsom signs legislation to strengthen mental health and substance use disorder care for all Californians.
What you need to know: Today, Governor Newsom signed a package of legislation to strengthen and streamline access to critical behavioral health care services, including the first-in-the nation CARE Court. Sacramento, California – Governor Gavin Newsom today signed a...
Bay Area mental health advocate attends Biden’s gun violence executive order signing.
President Biden signed an executive order Thursday that tackles gun violence, and a Bay Area mental health advocate attended the White House signing ceremony on behalf of the victims of the 2023 Half Moon Bay mass shooter who killed seven farmworkers. Belinda...
September Is Suicide Prevention Month: 4 Tips From Blue Shield to Spot Someone in Distress and How to Help.
Understanding the warning signs of suicide is the first step in prevention. September is Suicide Prevention Month, raising awareness about the alarming rates of suicide while promoting resources that can help prevent it. According to the Centers for Disease Control...
First Digital Treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder Cleared by the FDA.
DaylightRx becomes the very first FDA-cleared digital treatment for generalized anxiety disorder. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted clearance to Big Health’s DaylightRx, a prescription digital therapeutic that delivers cognitive behavioral therapy...
San Mateo deputies seize dozens of firearms after responding to mental health crisis.
SAN MATEO -- More than 80 firearms were allegedly seized by San Mateo County sheriff's deputies on Friday after they successfully de-escalated a possible suicide attempt, according to a press release from the Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called to the Eichler...
Mental health support group targets Latinx community in San Mateo County.
National Alliance on Mental Illness San Mateo County offers peer support, bilingual educational classes. Tackling cultural stigmas and restrictive resiliency mentalities that can be pervasive in the Latinx community, the National Alliance on Mental Illness San Mateo...
San Mateo County’s new K-9 cops are ‘brown bundles of fluff’ that’ll ease troubled minds.
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office has two new team members after bringing in the department’s second and third therapy dogs. “These brown bundles of fluff make eyes light up and brings smiles to the faces of people in our community, many of whom are undergoing a...
Opinion: Young people can connect to mental health services.
Behavioral health center set to open in San Jose next year. Years ago, when I was on the Palo Alto school board, I’d ask teachers about the most challenging aspect of their job. I was struck by how many shared with me it wasn’t the teaching that was difficult; it was...
Mental health advocates calls for inquiry into 5 jail deaths.
Five inmates in the San Mateo County Jail have died since Sheriff Christina Corpus took over in January 2023, and now a mental health advocacy organization is calling for an independent review of these deaths. Of the five inmates who died, two died in suicides, two...