California Prescribing & Medication Filling Issues The American Psychiatric Association (APA), CSAP and California’s District Branches (CCPS, NCPS, SCPS, OCPS, SDPS) have recently received reports from members regarding growing difficulty of filling prescriptions for controlled substances and the unusual investigative
New York Will Involuntarily Hospitalize More Mentally Ill People The week began with the City of New York announcing that more seriously mentally ill residents will be transported to area hospitals for psychiatric evaluations without their consent under a directive Mayor
District Attorney Dan Dow in San Luis Obispo County, California, recently reached a $20,000 settlement with a nurse practitioner for unlawfully advertising herself as a “doctor” in violation of California’s truth in advertising law. The press release mentions AMA’s Truth in Advertising
‘We are not trying to scare you.’ In California, fentanyl now behind 1 out of every 5 youth deaths – Experts recommend fentanyl test strips to detect powerful opioid and schools stock up on Narcan to counteract overdoses More people
Dr. Jasmeet Bains won her race for an Assembly seat in the Bakersfield area defeating Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez. Dr. Jasmeet Bains is a family doctor providing primary healthcare to families throughout the Central Valley and calls herself a
Don’t let Adderall scarcity trigger a repeat of the opioid epidemic Northern California Kaiser Permanente nurses plan 2-day strike Will the state try again to ban slavery in its constitution? Election deniers lose races for key state offices in every
Last night, the CSAP Governmental Affairs Committee (GAC) considered whether to urge California to apply for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Planning Grants. A Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model is designed to ensure access to coordinated comprehensive behavioral health care. CCBHCs
The Board of Registered Nursing met this week and discussed the AB 890 regulations. You can view the agenda here, and SYASL staff notes here. The newly adopted regulations clarify that the clinical practice experience required to become a 103 or 104 NP