Mental Health

CalMatters and CatchLight are partnering on a three-year initiative to tell powerful stories about mental health in California. We’ll spotlight solutions, personal stories, investigate systems, and bring greater awareness to this historically stigmatized topic. This initiative is supported by:

Enlight Foundation
加州医疗保健基金会
Flourish Impact Fund
Lisa Stone Pritzker Family Foundation
Resonance Philanthropies
Sarlo Family Foundation
Sand Hill Foundation
Stuart Foundation

Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses attendees during his inauguration for a second term at the Plaza de California in Sacramento on Jan. 6, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

Gavin Newsom wants to resolve California’s long debate over mental health

California's efforts to care for the mentally ill date back to its admission as a state in 1850. The latest wrinkle is Proposition 1, Gov. Gavin Newsom's overhaul of mental health services.

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丹·沃尔特斯

• 2 月 20, 2024

Protestors Natalie Conrad and Debi Davis try to engage with pedestrians during a “Vote No on Prop. 1” protest on the west steps of the Capitol on Feb. 1, 2024. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters

Decades of progress are at stake. California voters must reject mental health ballot measure

California voters are deciding the fate of Proposition 1, which appears on the March primary ballot. A mental health advocate says the proposal is a taxpayer giveaway to private facilities and will gut effective programs.

By Clare Cortright • 2 月 12, 2024

Kimberlee Booth, center, of San Luis Obispo marches with other supporters following speeches at a rally in support of Prop. 1 at the state Capitol on Jan. 31, 2024. The proposition aims to reform mental healthcare in the state. Photo by José Luis Villegas for CalMatters

California’s mental health ballot measure is the best chance in decades to change the system

California voters are deciding the fate of Proposition 1, a mental health funding reform and bond measure, on the March primary ballot. A parent who lost a loved one after she received inadequate care says Prop. 1 can help change a failing system.

By Alison Monroe • 2 月 12, 2024

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一项计划承诺为加州精神病患者提供 20,000 套住房。但实际实现的远远不够

今年春天，加州选民正在考虑发行 1464 亿美元债券，用于为患有严重精神疾病的人建造数千套住房和治疗床位。2018 年的一项投票表决也做出了类似的承诺，这让我们了解到建设过程中存在的障碍。

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和

• 2 月 7, 2024

健康

Newsom asked for a bill to legalize psychedelic therapy. Lawmakers move to give him one

California could follow Oregon in authorizing the use of psychedelics in therapeutic settings. Growing research characterizes certain hallucinogens as helpful in treating mental illnesses, such as depression and PTSD.

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安娜·B·伊瓦拉

• 2 月 6, 2024

Mental Health

Bill would let therapists and social workers decide when to confine mentally ill Californians

In California, it’s usually police who confine mentally ill people for involuntary 72-hour holds so they can be evaluated and treated. A pending bill would extend the so-called 5150 confinement authority to county-designated psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists and clinical counselors.

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瑞安·萨巴洛

• 1 月 30, 2024

选举

Gavin Newsom raised millions for his mental health ballot measure. His opponents have $1,000

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s March ballot measure would raise billions of dollars for mental health housing and treatment facilities, but some clinics fear it would strip them of revenue they need for services they provide today.

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黄克莉丝汀

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杰里米亚·基梅尔曼

• 1 月 29, 2024

Momentum for Health facilities in San Jose on Dec. 19, 2023. Momentum for Health provides behavioral health care for youth and adults in Santa Clara County. Photo by Loren Elliott for CalMatters

健康

Mental health programs that served hundreds of kids to close after California payment changes

California is modernizing how it pays health care providers through Medi-Cal. Some mental health providers say the changes endanger their services.

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乔斯琳·维纳

• 12 月 21, 2023

2023 年 3 月 30 日，一名医务人员在霍利斯特黑兹尔霍金斯纪念医院的走廊里使用电脑工作。照片由 Larry Valenzuela、CalMatters/CatchLight Local 拍摄

健康

Year in review: California tackles mental health, fentanyl

California is undertaking an ambitious effort to improve mental health, while controversy surrounds how to address the fentanyl crisis.

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安娜·B·伊瓦拉

• 12 月 19, 2023

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the media after announcing the state's plan to address homelessness across the state at Cal Expo in Sacramento, on March 16, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Mental Health

‘You have a crisis out there’: Gavin Newsom scolds counties over delays in mental health law

All but two California counties are delaying their implementation of a new law that makes it easier for a court to place someone in involuntary confinement if they can't care for their own medical needs or personal safety.

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黄克莉丝汀

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安娜·B·伊瓦拉

• 12 月 16, 2023