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California
fromSan Jose Spotlight
2 days agoSanta Clara County miffed at Newsom's CARE Court criticism - San Jose Spotlight
Governor Newsom criticized Santa Clara County for insufficient CARE Court petitions and placed it on a 'CARE ICU' list, while county leaders and advocates argue their holistic mental health approach extends beyond this single program.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week agoNewsom praises Alameda County for CARE Court, blasts Santa Clara County
Governor Newsom pressures Santa Clara County to expand its CARE Court mental health program, threatening to withdraw state funding from counties failing to meet implementation requirements.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
4 days agoTexas AG Ken Paxton says ban on gender-affirming care for trans kids also applies to talk therapy
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a legal opinion extending a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth to mental health professionals, contradicting major medical organizations' guidance.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months agoWhy are diagnoses of ADHD soaring? There are no easy answers but empathy is the place to start | Gabor Mate
Rising ADHD diagnoses risk pathologising normal behaviour because diagnostic labels often describe symptoms without explaining underlying causes, creating circular reasoning.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 months agoWes Streeting orders mental health diagnosis review amid welfare spending crackdown
Health Secretary Wes Streeting ordered a review into mental health diagnoses amid rising welfare spending and a surge in sickness benefit claims linked to mental health conditions.
fromwww.npr.org
5 months agoPsychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary
Two psychiatry organizations the Southern California Psychiatry Society and the recently formed grassroots Committee to Protect Public Mental Health have released statements saying that the actions of the leader of the Department of Health and Human Services have increased stigma, instilled fear and hurt access to mental health and addiction care. "As physicians committed to evidence-based care, we are alarmed by the direction of HHS under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr," the Committee to Protect Public Mental Health said in a statement.
Public health
LGBT
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
5 months agoRepublican and Democrat senators join forces to restore LGBTQ+ suicide hotline
Bipartisan legislation aims to restore and codify the specialised 'Press 3' 988 LGBTQ+ youth suicide lifeline closed by the Trump administration's budget cuts.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months agoDamaris Le Grand obituary
After Brackley high school, Dammy worked as a secretary in Oxford, Basel and London before moving in 1967 to Philadelphia in the US, where she worked as a secretary in the law school at the University of Pennsylvania. The state's brutal reaction to protests about the Vietnam war and civil and women's rights had a huge impact, strengthening her resolve to challenge wrongs and create change.
Social justice
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