Maienschein: Improving Mental Health Services
The 2017 legislative session in California produced a critical step forward for mental health care that was embraced and supported on both sides of the aisle.
California Working to Intervene Earlier – Before a Brain Illness Crisis
What goes through your mind as you walk by someone living in a doorway or an alley? Is it sorrow? Fear? Or does the sight not always register, because homelessness seems a problem that’s too big to fix?
Sutter Mental Health Chief John Boyd elected president of MHSOAC
John Boyd, Sutter Health’s CEO of Mental Health Services, will take the helm at the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. Boyd brings extensive experience in brain health policy, and serves on the Steinberg Institute […]
Governor signs bill promoting psychiatric training for California’s primary care providers
The novel legislation, sponsored by the Steinberg Institute, is part of a broader effort to promote early intervention and prevention for people living with brain illness. SACRAMENTO, CA – Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law […]
Governor signs landmark California law to expand early intervention programs for mental illness
Assembly Bill 1315 will help launch a paradigm shift for mental health care in California, fueling a move from a fail-first to a care-first model. SACRAMENTO, CA – Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed into law a […]
Steinberg Institute’s Maggie Merritt to Help Shape Future Health Workforce
Steinberg Institute Executive Director Maggie Merritt has been appointed to a key advisory committee that will help inform the work of the California Future Health Workforce Commission, a high-powered panel charged with helping identify and address debilitating […]
CA Legislature sends governor two game-changing mental health bills
Taken together, Assembly Bills 1315 and 1340 would help launch a paradigm shift for mental health care in California, fueling a move from a fail-first to a care-first model. SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Legislature has moved […]
Senate unanimously passes landmark measure to expand early intervention for mental illness
AB 1315 would create a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership to expand evidence-based models for early detection, prevention and intervention of psychosis and serious mood disorders. SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a landmark measure […]
Senate passes legislation urging basic psychiatric training for primary care providers
The novel legislation, sponsored by the Steinberg Institute, now is just one step away from the Governor’s desk. SACRAMENTO – The California Senate unanimously approved novel legislation Tuesday that would help ensure primary care providers in California are […]
Landmark measure to fund early intervention for mental illness moves to full Senate
AB 1315 would create a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership to expand evidence-based models for early detection, prevention and intervention of psychosis and serious mood disorders. SACRAMENTO, CA – A landmark measure to advance and expand early intervention services […]
