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You can't solve the problems of homelessness and drug addiction in California without creating new strategies for behavioral health treatment. Behavioral Healt...h Action California is a coalition of more than 50 organizations. The group has united to raise awareness about behavioral health issues in the state and create a blueprint to help legislators develop policies fix complicated problems. Thank you to BHA Co-Chair and NAMI California CEO Jessica Cruz for how this blueprint could help California better tackle some of the most challenging issues facing our state.

Men's mental health awareness

LA County DMH We Rise playlist! Mental Health Month raising awreness <3 https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ//107376724433-l

https://dmh.lacounty.gov/observances/pride-month/

Mayim Bialik kicks off her first show as guest host by sharing her love of science and appreciation for Jeopardy!

I've had quite a few people tell me lately that they hope that a person's behavior will be a 'wake up call' or that they 'just have to reach rock bottom' before... they can get help. We can teach parents who are new to serious mental illness that there is rarely a wake up call and there is no rock bottom in mental illness. Instead, we have to treat symptoms in the same way we would treat the symptoms of insulin shock in diabetes, a stroke or a heart attack. We CAN get this word out to families and help them understand why waiting for a person to simply see they are sick is impossible. Once loving families understand this, they can then help all of the wonderful advocates continuing DJ's work help legislators see this reality as well. Julie

Today is BLUE MONDAY, which some believe is the saddest day of the year. Why: bad weather, dark nights, post-Christmas debt and failed New Year’s resolutions. M...aybe there’s some truth to it who knows. Do you think so? True or not, what is true is that any day is a good day to call attention to depression. Talk about depression on ForLikeMinds.com See more

Coronavirus is also a mental health emergency. The stresses of this pandemic can worsen symptoms of those living with mental illness and trigger mental illness... such as anxiety in others. While we must distance ourselves physically, we don’t have to distance ourselves socially, as a community, in these times, because we can safely connect online. To offer and receive much needed support in these uncertain times, join our Coronavirus Group on ForLikeMinds. Let's all be here for each other. ForLikeMinds.com See more

St. Louis will be the first city in the U.S. to divert such calls outside the 911 system. I love this concept. It is exceptionally progressive! : "Tiffany Lacy ...Clark, COO of the contractor involved in the program, Behavioral Health Response, said the broader goals of the program are to relieve police and EMS workers from responding to many mental health crises, to prevent people undergoing a crisis from going to jail or the hospital, and to help people obtain behavioral health services when needed. The new initiative will have two parts: 911 diversion and a co-responder program. -In the 911 diversion program, dispatchers will be trained to send calls that don’t involve imminent health or safety concerns to Behavioral Health, which already offers telephone counseling and mobile outreach services. As many as 5,000 calls could be diverted this way a year. -Co-responders will be trained behavioral health professionals who will work in partnership with officers and will cover the entire city. Their primary focus is behavioral health support and referral, but they will also respond to domestic violence calls and other traumatic situations to make sure the people on the scene are OK and connected to additional support. In 2019, a mentally ill man, Julius Graves, had an encounter with police and EMS at a St. Louis bus stop that led to his hospitalization and, later, his death. The situation with Julius was exactly why we wanted to do this, Lacy Clark said, "so that police dispatchers can recognize a situation and officials can respond differently. To save someone in that circumstance so they don’t get tased or arrested and (instead) end up in clinical services where they’re supposed to be.

Could be in the Castaic or SCV area or even possibly San Fernando Valley / Encino. (If you commute that way please keep your eyes open) Car was found with all h...is belongings inside last Sunday off the 5 free and Temple near Lake Pyramid. If you think you seen him, take photos and call the phone numbers on fliers. Do not approach. He is dealing with paranoia and we don't want to scare him. Engineering student and world racquetball champion, we need to get him back to his family!!! 6feet tall Brown hair Beard 21 years old Blue down jacket

So thankful to have Jonathan Sherin and Henry Stern on the legislative frontlines.

https://namica.org//team-nami-spotlight-housing-that-hea/

Important read for supportive families! http://www.easacommunity.org/family-involvement-in-treatmen

https://www.msn.com//lasd-asks-for-public-s-h/ar-BB1a9zFu

Great short video with Dr. Amador demonstrating how to use the LEAP method after a patient misses his appointment for an injectable. https://youtu.be/wJemyl-W68c

Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America, otherwise known as SARDAA has a lot of resources, including but not limited to online support groups fo...r families or for patients, educational information, and an excellent app for tracking symptoms. If you haven’t checked it out, please take a look at their website at See more

If you weren’t able to watch today’s brilliant Zoom cast on Homelessness and serious mental illness, you can watch via this link. You can also find via this lin...k all the other discussions on psychiatric illness and some great advocates: Leslie Carpenter, Janet Hays, Pete Earley, Teresa Pasquini, Dr. Rob Laitman, Bethany Yeiser, and others, including me. Many thanks to Janet Hays of Healing Minds NOLA, and Eric Smith for hosting, designing and moderating these important discussions.

This is the Zoomcast I had the pleasure of being included in on Monday. There is some really excellent information shared on this presentation. I am grateful to... the California Access Coalition for inviting me to participate. After the intro by Senators Weiner and Beall, you’ll see my presentation. See more

Please find the link to Microsoft Teams and the call in phone number at https://dmh.lacounty.gov/event/salt-1-meeting-oct-15-2020/

Take a break at 1pm PT / 4pm ET and listen to some happy news with us: https://mgty.co/MentalHealthFB Or if you need to let it out, join us for some writing at 5pm PT / 8pm ET: https://mgty.co/3khlrKy

We provide free education and support to all those who live with mental health conditions as well as all those who love them. <3We provide free education and support to all those who live with mental health conditions as well as all those who love them. <3

NAMI AV Support Groups for family members and Connection Support Group for individuals experiencing mental health issues are tonight Monday at 7PM! Call us at 661 341-8041 for links on Zoom or telephone conference call. You are not alone <3