Another significant challenge is that local and regional 988 call centers are stretched thin. Monica Johnson, the director of the988 and behavioral health crisis coordinating officeat the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, noted this year that the burnout afflicting the broader ...
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. – An axe-carrying man was placed in custody – but not before leading a police chase in Castaic. On Friday morning, the man got into a loud argument with neighbors before breaking out the axe. Neighbors tell FOX 11 he seemed drunk at the time of the inciden...
The crisis was so dire that the U.S. Surgeon General recommended that teens step up to help each other. Some high schools already had programs in place. Pomona High School established its counseling program in the 1970s and has continued to expand and improve it to this day. "As I got ...
Maybe at first, but technology quickly came to the rescue. It is now 2022 and treating clients for a variety of mental health disorders online has become the new normal. At the OCD Center of Los Angeles, we have offered teletherapy for OCD and anxiety disorders for many years, but never ...
Riverside. Of the five jails in the county, it is the facility where detainees who need mental health care are most often sent. Reports from the booking note that she did not sign several required documents. One jailer wrote on the signature line that she could not be trusted with...
LA, Orange county delay conservatorship bill A new law would make it easier to place people with severe mental health problems into conservatorships. But, Los Angeles and Orange counties are delaying implementation of the bill until 2026.
We mapped the Los Angeles-area condos, apartment and office buildings that still need a seismic retrofit. Large buildings built before 1996 may be in need of a retrofit. June 19, 2024 Lifestyle Mental health in Mandarin Chinese: a starter kit for dialogue ...
Los Angeles County Reports, Resources, Comment: May 4 to 8 I. Agendas: No Supervisors meeting May 5. Next regular meeting set for May 12, Budget meetings begin May 13. A. Cluster meetings of Supervisor Assistants (Teleconferences);
A mental health crisis of isolation and loneliness. A president, my predecessor, who failed the most basic duty. Any President owes the American people the duty to care. That is unforgivable. I came to office determined to get us through one of the toughest periods in our nation's history...
In Los Angeles County, researchers and administrators for health and mental health programs said they were not surprised by the study. They said some of its findings were consistent with the anecdotal reports of experiences in Los Angeles area community health clinics. ...