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Nov 1, 2024 · Gavin Newsom’s Mental Health Plan Could Strip More than $700 Million from Services, Report Says. A proposal from Gov. Gavin Newsom to overhaul the state’s behavioral and mental health system is likely to take nearly $720 million away from services provided by county governments annually, according to a new analysis.
Suicide of Mentally Troubled Officer Is Navy's Fault, Mother Says ...
1 day ago · It comes with with a sky-high risk of suicide – 40 times greater than the general population – and research suggests that 8% to 10% of borderline patients will die by suicide. The Navy documented Gray’s severe mental illness, including two hospitalizations for suicide risk and a 35-day stint in inpatient rehab for alcohol use disorder.
Mental illness and the courts - MindSite News
Nov 18, 2022 · Mental illness has a disproportionate impact on state and local courts. People with mental illness are 10 times more likely to be incarcerated than they are to be hospitalized. More than 70% of people in jails and prisons across America have at least one diagnosed mental illness or substance use disorder, or both, the report said.
Mental health giving rises a bit but still too low - MindSite News
Sep 25, 2024 · An Interview with Kristen Ward. Ever since some preliminary research in 2018 from the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy found that only 1.3% of all dollars donated by foundations and philanthropists went to mental health, the sector has been called out for giving too little attention – and too few dollars – to address a critical need.
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Sep 27, 2021 · A new, editorially independent, digital publication focused on mental health, resilience and recovery The U.S. and much of the world is in the midst of a deepening and poorly understood mental health crisis – a crisis that was festering long before the COVID-19 pandemic. The enormous increase in mental and psychological suffering during the pandemic […]
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Jan 4, 2023 · Solutions: Telehealth helps.More funding does too, although it takes time to train new clinicians. Building a cadre of peer support workers can have more rapid impacts. The National Governors Association recommended building a pipeline to address the children’s mental health workforce shortage through incentives to offset the cost of training programs, apprenticeship models and aligning two ...
Revisiting Mass Shootings and Mental Illness - MindSite News
Dec 11, 2023 · The vast majority of mass shooters in the United States who survived their rampage over the last four decades had undiagnosed or untreated mental illness – and not a single one was on medication for the disorder, according to a study that got little attention when it was published last year but was recently awarded a psychiatric research prize.
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A Historic Week for Mental Health - MindSite News
Mar 4, 2022 · Tom Insel, MD, is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and former director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).He is a donor to MindSite News and chair of its Editorial Advisory Board. Dr. Insel’s financial conflict of interest statement, which includes equity and advisory roles in several early-stage mental health technology companies, can be found here.
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The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day is mental health at work, where stigma, harassment and other poor working conditions pose significant risks. Some Americans are shot by police during a mental health crisis, but 10,000 have been killed by ‘non-lethal’ force like stomach ...