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WEBJun 19, 2023 — 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.
Older Men With Low ‘Social Fitness’ Face Loneliness, Isolation
WEB1 day ago — It’s a sharp increase from the year 2000, according to the Census Bureau, when only 16 percent of older men lived by themselves. Nearly 40 percent of them are divorced, 31 percent are widowed, and 21 percent never married. Many battle loneliness, isolation and a lack of social connections, deeply affecting their mental and physical well-being.
Treatment not Trauma: Transforming Mental Health in Chicago
WEB4 days ago — Treatment Not Trauma: The Push to Transform Chicago’s Mental Health System Takes Some Big Steps. by Sela Breen and Josh McGhee September 27, 2024 Why you can trust MindSite News. Arturo Carrillo, deputy director of health and violence prevention with the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, speaks during the 2024 Treatment Not Trauma summit.
Mental health giving rises a bit but still too low - MindSite News
WEBSep 25, 2024 — Big picture, from 2015 to 2022, the magnitude of mental health giving doubled from about $1.2 billion to $2.3 billion. Adjusting for inflation, that is about a 50% or 55% increase. While inflation increased about 8% over that same time period, giving for all issue areas only increased 3%. So mental health giving is outpacing other areas and ...
A Movement for ‘Treatment not Trauma’ Advances in Chicago
WEB4 days ago — Earlier this month, about 100 Chicago residents gathered in Hyde Park Academy for the second annual Treatment Not Trauma summit. It was a celebration for organizers who have battled with mayors for years to reshape the city’s mental health system and make it more accessible and community-based. Johnson has committed to bringing mental health ...
Philanthropic Giving for Mental Health Far Too Low - MindSite News
WEBSep 25, 2024 — In 2022, dollars going to mental health represented just 1.7% of all philanthropic giving and made up less than 6% of all health-related giving. Surprisingly, the portion of health donations going to mental health increased in 2019, the year before the pandemic, but then declined again by 2022. Read our …
School Shooting: Beyond Thoughts & Prayers Is Mental Health
WEBSep 17, 2024 — Photo: Michele Cohen Marill. On a recent afternoon, the sisters of Christian Angulo, a 14-year-old freshman who died in the shooting, knelt before his photo at the memorial and read some of the messages left to honor him. Nearby, Sara Schneider stood at a respectful distance, keeping a protective eye. A Winder resident, she is still mourning ...
More Mentally Ill People Languish in Jail Than We Thought ...
WEBAug 30, 2024 — It’s Even Worse Than We Thought. One way that people with mental illness get stuck in the criminal legal system is being jailed – for weeks, months and sometimes years – awaiting a hearing to determine whether they are mentally competent to stand trial for an alleged criminal act. Most often, those acts are misdemeanors like trespassing ...
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WEBThe name “MindSite News” is used with the express permission of Mindsight Institute, an educational organization offering online learning and in-person workshops in the field of mental health and wellbeing. MindSite News and Mindsight Institute are separate, unaffiliated entities that are aligned in making science accessible and promoting ...
Welcome to MindSite News
WEBSep 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 …