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Lawmaker Pushing Mental Health Reform
It's "More Needed Than Ever"
SACRAMENTO — During the first week of school closures in San Jose, state Sen. Jim Beall’s office received more than a dozen phone calls from distressed parents and caregivers.
Published on: 10/07/2020 | Category: Articles
Inequities in Mental Health Services
It’s Time for a Reckoning and Rectification
As the country confronts the coronavirus crisis and the ways it has exposed racism and inequality, it is time for the mental health field to look inwards and reckon with its own shortcomings. Similar to other American institutions and disciplines, racial and socioeconomic inequalities tend to be replicated in the accessibility and appropriateness of treatments offered to vulnerable individuals and families.
Published on: 10/07/2020 | Category: Articles