- California is building new health program at UC Merced. Will it lead to more Latino doctors?
- Newsom vetoes bipartisan drug treatment bill
- HHS pledges more effort, resources toward harm reduction for drug users
- Weathering the Weather: Mental-health professionals are trying to figure out how to talk about the climate
- The C.D.C. adds mental health conditions to its high-risk Covid list
- Nationwide Shortage Of Psychiatric Beds, Mental Health Workers Has Collided With Increasing, Pandemic-Driven Demand For Mental Health Treatment According toKaiser Health News (10/24, Miller), across the US, “the shortage of” psychiatric “beds and mental health workers has collided with an increasing, pandemic-driven demand for mental health treatment.” Robert Trestman, PhD, MD, chairperson of the American Psychiatric Association’s Council on Healthcare Systems and Financing, stated, “ERs have been flooded with patients needing psychiatric care.” He added, “The current crisis is unprecedented in the extent, severity and sweep of its national impact.” The article focused in particular on state psychiatric hospitals in Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia.
- SF announces new mental heatlhcare workforce development program for youth and adults