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Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBNew state website supports longstanding complaints that hospitals have become a stopgap for holes in the Oregon mental health system. -
Brian Bull/KLCCThe announcement is a stunning development for a service that’s been recognized nationally, especially in the wake of 2020 social justice protests, which renewed the national conversation about the role of armed officers in responding to mental health crises.
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Potential cuts to Medicaid have Californians bracing for changes that could weaken recent gains in mental health care and addiction treatment. -
The state has wrestled for years with ordering civil commitments for people with severe mental illness. Here’s what you need to know. -
Mental Health Matters host Andra Hollenback speaks with two NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group facilitators -
‘Everybody’s been denied some form of care,’ said one California mental health advocate. Now, lawmakers are advancing new bills on behavioral health coverage. -
Millions of dollars have become available for medications to treat opioid addiction in Oregon jails. That’s given Jackson County a rare sign of hope in the opioid epidemic. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to see tangible results from the $6.4 billion mental health bond voters approved last year. Moving fast carries a risk of neglecting under-resourced communities. -
A Ninth Circuit court decision has ended legal protections for officers responding to some mental health emergencies. That’s changing which calls police will answer. -
The new program helps people experiencing mental health and substance use disorder crises get help right where they are. -
Mental Health Matters focuses on local service options in southern Oregon.
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This year the Redding Police Department is losing one of its teams trained in responding to mental health emergencies. -
Two states legalized psychedelic therapies since 2020 and President Biden signed a law supporting studies of how they might help veterans. Proposals like those keep dying in California. -
Across the country, there’s a shortage of behavioral health care providers — and it’s particularly pronounced in small towns.
