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Suzanne Potter California News Service A new law just took effect in California, giving children on Medi-Cal age 12 and older the right to consent to mental health care on their own. Before, only young people on private insurance could consent to outpatient mental health services independently of their parents, and...
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El nuevo sistema de respuesta de salud mental 988 del país cumple dos años este mes y un nuevo informe elogió la implementación de California y pidió más inversión. El informe de la organización sin fines de lucro de defensa de la salud mental Inseparable mostró que California necesita...
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The country’s new 988 mental health response system turns two years old this month and a new report praised California’s implementation while calling for more investment. The report from the nonprofit mental health advocacy organization Inseparable showed California needs a total of about 400 mobile response teams, which dispatch a mental health professional and...
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Los defensores de los niños están presionando a los legisladores de California para que aprueben un proyecto de ley que aumentaría la supervisión de los planes de salud cuando niegan servicios de salud mental a los niños. En este momento, los padres tienen que solicitar una revisión a su...
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Children’s advocates are pressing California lawmakers to pass a bill that would increase oversight on health plans when they deny mental health services for children. Right now, parents have to ask their health plan for a review when a child’s mental health condition isn’t covered by their insurance –...
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Jocelyn Wiener CalMatters After days of uncertainty, the results are finally in: Californians, by a slim majority, have voted to throw their support behind Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest effort to overhaul how the state cares for people with serious mental illness. The Associated Press on Wednesday declared that Proposition 1...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk La salud mental y el medio ambiente son dos temas que suelen estar en el candelero, aunque no se suelen asociar. Pero algunos investigadores han empezado a encontrar vínculos entre el aumento de aire, agua y suelo contaminados y los crecientes problemas de...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Mental health and environment are two issues often in the spotlight, though not often associated together. But some researchers have begun to find links between increases in polluted air, water and soil and growing mental health problems throughout our society. Several recent studies...
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Cuando se trata de la salud general de su hijo, las consultas de niño sano son el momento perfecto para garantizar que el desarrollo holístico de su hijo avance como corresponde. Ahora que la temporada de regreso a la escuela está por empezar, es el momento perfecto para hablar...