Mental Health

Latest California Healthline Stories

UC-Merced Leverages Technology To Improve Access to Mental Health Care

UC-Merced is the first campus in the University of California system to use telemedicine for mental health services, a natural for millennials who grew up with technology, according to school officials.

Evaluation Trumps Incarceration in L.A. Police Dept. Mental Health Efforts

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Mental Evaluation Unit is winning rave reviews locally, in other states and from a few foreign countries, as well. Stakeholders say the program could be even better with more resources.

Little Hoover Commission Issues Report on State’s Mental Health Services

California health officials need to focus on better monitoring and counties need to have standards to measure performance of the Mental Health Services Act, according to a new report from the Little Hoover Commission.

Draft Plan Emerges To Reduce Disparities in Mental Health Care

After four years of planning, the state’s Department of Public Health has released its strategic plan to address mental health care disparities experienced by Californians of various races, ethnicities and sexual orientations.