More and better technology is not a substitute for adequate mental health care funding and coordinated planning.
Month: November 2015
DHCS Affirms that 'Katie A.' Services Aren't Just for Foster Youth
In May, Young Minds Advocacy wrote to the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) requesting action to end the prohibition on providing intensive community-based mental healthcare to as many as 15,000 …
Largest Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder Caregiver …
In recognition of National Family Caregivers Month, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced results of “A Large-Scale Survey of Caregivers of Persons with Schizophrenia and/or Schizoaffective Disorder Designed to …
Weissman Discusses Mental Health Care as Panelist | News …
Pictured, at left, is Carlton Whitmore of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Ruth Weissman; Milton Wainberg, co-scientific director of Columbia's Global Mental Health Program; Shekhar Saxena of the …
OCD, Social Anxiety Disorder, and Treatment | Psych Central
Recently, I've been reading some articles on social anxiety, and it struck me how many of the situations and symptoms reminded me of my son Dan when he was in the throes of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.