Program Targeting High Teen Suicide Rates Launches In Palo Alto
The program will offer teens support in addition to weekly or monthly therapy.
The Mercury News:
Special Mental Health Program Launched For Teens
Palo Alto teens and families looking for mental health services that fall between occasional therapy and hospitalization soon will have that option. With the help of an anonymous donor interested in reducing the number of teen suicides, the nonprofit Children’s Health Council has launched a 12-week Intensive Outpatient Program at its Palo Alto campus at 650 Clark Way. (Lee, 4/6)
In other news from across the state —
Orange County Register:
Laguna Beach High Student Contracts Measles; 6 Other Unvaccinated Students Barred From School
An unvaccinated Laguna Beach High School student has been quarantined by county health officials after contracting measles. Jessica Good, spokeswoman for the Orange County Health Care Agency, said Thursday, April 6, that the teen may have exposed other students to the highly contagious virus. (Ritchie, 4/6)
The Bakersfield Californian:
'One In A Million Shot': Identical Triplets Born In Bakersfield
Babies are born in Bakersfield almost every day, but none are like Harlow Leanne Reyes. Except for maybe her sister, Sloane Ellis. Or her other sister, Charlie Graham. That’s because the three, born last week, are identical triplets – something so rare that nurses and doctors at San Joaquin Community Hospital, where the three were delivered – can’t remember the last time it happened...So how rare is it? Hospital administrators called it a “one in a million shot.” And it’s something that the triplets’ parents, Lindsey and Carlos Reyes, weren’t anticipating. (Pierce, 4/6)