On average, “40 or more acutely mentally ill inmates” are booked in L.A. County every day. The new Jail Inpatient Unit at the ...

Health worker wages, homeless kids, the debt bill, transgender health, urgent care, weight-loss drugs, and more are in the ...

Explore how San Francisco needs extra funding from the State of California to implement its proposed Community Assistance, ...

If severe mental illness, untreated, underlies the feeling of encroaching anarchy and menace around the homeless encampments ...

A new, specialized license plate would provide millions of dollars in extra funding for mental health programs in California public schools, under a bill recently introduced in the state Senate.

Speaking at McLane High School, Newsom said the goal for California’s Master Plan for Kids’ Mental Health is to train 40,000 more behavioral health professionals over the next few years, and establish ...

Problems With 'Pruning' Brain Connections Linked to Adolescent Mental Health Disorders Apr. 24, 2023 — Problems with the brain's ability to 'prune' itself of unnecessary connections may underlie ...

The shortage can be traced in large part to a landmark law signed in 2015, according to child welfare advocates, some of whom ...

Darrell Steinberg is retiring from politics — at least for now — after more than three decades of election wins.

Hospitals and health systems are playing an increasingly important role in providing behavioral health care, whether in their ...

A Trident behavioral health hospital opening in Berkeley County will be the first in the Lowcountry in 30 years. The lack of ...

On this episode, I talk with Jesse Tamplen, vice president of behavioral health services at John Muir Health, located east of ...