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Commemoration held for suicide deterrent nets on SF’s Golden Gate Bridge.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- With the shadow of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge in the background, dozens gathered in San Francisco Monday for a special commemoration. After years of work, the bridge's suicide deterrent safety net is finally a reality. Thanks in no small part...
San Mateo County one of the first to launch CARE Court.
San Mateo County is among the first in the state to debut CARE Court, a program that hopes to address homelessness among those with severe psychiatric disorders, after it started taking enrollment on Monday. Established under Senate Bill 1338, the Community...
ICYMI: California providers break ground on three new behavioral health centers during first weeks of June.
What you need to know: California providers, with support from the Newsom administration, have begun construction on three new behavioral health care centers with funding from the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program. Following voter passage of...
President offers love and pride for his son’s addiction recovery after Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict.
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden kept his distance from the courtroom where his son Hunter Biden stood trial on felony gun charges to avoid any appearance of meddling but his quick statement reacting to the jury’s guilty verdict Tuesday spoke to where his...
San Mateo County Health preps for conservatorship implementation
Senate Bill 43 is to be implemented by 2026. As efforts continue to integrate care for those with severe substance use disorders, San Mateo County Health is in the planning stages of implementing Senate Bill 43. The bill expands the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, a...
San Mateo County to launch mental health ‘CARE Court’ to bring homeless people off street.
The initiative is part of a broader overhaul of California’s mental health system. San Mateo County plans to launch a mental health court this summer aimed at compelling homeless people and others with severe, untreated psychotic disorders into treatment plans and...
‘We need him in our life’: Wife of radiologist accused of driving family off Devil’s Slide cliff speaks in court for first time.
Her testimony came during a hearing to determine the Pasadena father’s suitability for a mental health diversion program. REDWOOD CITY — The wife of Dharmesh Patel — who was sitting next to him when the Pasadena radiologist allegedly drove the family’s Tesla off a...
Paris Hilton Speaks up for California’s ‘Troubled’ Teens.
Heiress Paris Hilton is on a mission to shine a light on the “troubled teen industry,” a largely unregulated multibillion-dollar industry that is gaining public scrutiny for alleged abuse of vulnerable youths. Hilton told state lawmakers in Sacramento on Monday she...
Pilot study shows ketogenic diet improves severe mental illness.
A small clinical trial led by Stanford Medicine found that the metabolic effects of a ketogenic diet may help stabilize the brain. For people living with serious mental illness like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, standard treatment with antipsychotic medications...
Officials, civil-rights groups back expanding mental health emergency program in San Jose.
Groups push to get additional San Jose-focused team of specialists to divert mental-health calls from police response. SAN JOSE — A push to create an additional community-based response team for mental-health emergencies in San Jose has gotten a co-sign from three...