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

Reader Reactions

Sharing story of depression and anxiety helps many people

Mental illness has long been cloaked in shame and fear, but in the past several years, mental health education has helped enlighten the public.

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嘉宾评论

• 7 月 10, 2020

I faced a challenge one out of every three people in America has: depression and anxiety

As our country wrestles with serious issues, it has never been more urgent for business and economic leaders to move beyond platitudes on mental health.

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嘉宾评论

• 7 月 7, 2020

Taun Hall stands on the porch of her Walnut Creek home next to a green ribbon, the international symbol for mental health awareness. She and some of her neighbors display the ribbons in remembrance of her son, Miles, who was killed last year by Walnut Creek police during a mental health crisis. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

正义

Who responds to nonviolent crises? New urgency to remove police from the equation

Efforts aim to dispatch mental health teams — not armed officers — for most crises calls involving mental illness and homelessness.

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乔斯琳·维纳

• 7 月 1, 2020

重要的事情

Trending: #PresidentNewsom

Newsom's big medical mask deal leads to #PresidentNewsom buzz on Twitter. Is it safe to clean and reuse medical masks during coronavirus pandemic?

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Emily Hoeven

• 4 月 9, 2020

新冠病毒

How to get past the coronavirus crisis without losing your mental health

Fear, loss, economic stress, the angst of a seemingly endless crisis — coronavirus is taking a toll, not just physically but on our mental health. Here are some tips and tweaks from California mental health professionals.

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乔斯琳·维纳

• 3 月 29, 2020

重要的事情

A thoroughly predictable accident + Coronavirus questions + Ted Cruz vs. Newsom

Homeless man suffers another setback. Conservatives jump on Newsom line from State of State speech. Questions swirl around coronavirus.

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Dan Morain

• 2 月 27, 2020

Before the latest accident left him critically injured, Mark Rippee ate a snack of rolls and coffee on November 22, 2019 in Vallejo. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

健康

After accident they warned about, sisters of mentally ill man blame the state — and beg governor to act

Everyone around Mark Rippee - a homeless man with a brain injury and paranoid schizophrenia — saw this coming. Nobody managed to stop it.

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乔斯琳·维纳

• 2 月 26, 2020

A pedestrian walks past a homeless sleeping on Fifth Street in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. Photo by Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group

Mental Health

Inside the governor’s bid to fix homelessness: changing how California deals with mental illness

In his State of the State speech, Gavin Newsom calls for forcing more people into treatment, changing state spending rules, simplifying treatment paths, and linking housing and services.

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乔斯琳·维纳

• 2 月 19, 2020

时事通讯

Dramatic rise in mental illness cases in county jails + What a new PG&E might look like

County jails see spike in mental illness cases. Turning PG&E into a public utility comes with a hefty price tag. State aims to fix bottle-recycling program.

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Dan Morain

• 2 月 6, 2020

重要的事情

Bloomberg does Sacramento + A new state park, perhaps + Two Californians who made a difference

Bloomberg brings presidential campaign to Sacramento. Talk of turning PG&E into a publicly owned utility grows. California may get a new state park.

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Dan Morain

• 2 月 4, 2020