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Patients at the Central Coast’s Atascadero State Hospital walk the halls in 2006. Due to COVID, patients have at times been confined to their units, but still mingle in bathrooms, the dining hall and common day rooms. Of the state’s psychiatric hospitals, Atascadero houses the largest number of mentally ill inmates from state prisons. Photo by Peggy Peattie, ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo

Could California’s psych hospitals be ordered to admit inmates with COVID?

by Lee Romney November 18, 2020November 18, 2020

The Department of State Hospitals is facing pressure in federal court to speed up admissions of mentally ill inmates from the COVID-riddled state prison system.

California poised to become national leader on mental health and addiction coverage

by Jocelyn Wiener August 27, 2020September 25, 2020

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

by Guest Commentary July 7, 2020July 8, 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

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

by Jocelyn Wiener February 19, 2020February 19, 2020

Mark Rippee, who developed schizophrenia after a traumatic brain injury, has been living on the streets for years

“We’ve lost our compass.” For California’s most visible mentally ill, is a return to forced treatment a solution — or a false promise?

by Jocelyn Wiener December 30, 2019September 17, 2020