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She Goes to Police Calls in a Prius. It's Part of New Approach to Mental Health Emergencies
San Mateo adopted a new approach to mental health 911 calls by pairing police with mental health clinicians. Researchers found that it reduced the number of future mental health emergency calls and involuntary psychiatric holds by roughly 17%.
Remembering Papa: Northern California’s Elderly Face Hidden Epidemic of Gun Suicides
Senior Californians in rural communities are dying by suicide at troubling rates—struggling with pain, cut off from doctors and mental health care, with guns at hand. Access to care and safety planning would help, experts say.













