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Why We Need Mental-Health

By Lynne Gibbs, Wed Nov 06, 2024

Crisis-Stabilization Unit

By Giana Magnoli, July 2, 2024

California’s Involuntary

By Nick Welsh, Thu Aug 22, 2024

Santa Barbara County

by Taylor O'Connor, March 21, 2024

“Warrior Mom” Describes Pitfalls & Successes Navigating California’s Mental Health System

by Teresa Pasquini, January 24, 2022

Beds Not Cells

by Giana Magnoli, April 19, 2023

Testimony with Senator Susan Eggman and Dr. Emily Wood in support of SB 43

October 2023

California Voice: Our failure to treat people with psychosis is killing them

By Linda Mimms, May 20, 2023

‘Very aggressive treatment’ on the streets of Skid Row from a ‘Renegade M.D.’

By Steve Lopez, LA Times, February 24, 2024

Housing alone won’t solve homelessness. California must expand its mental health system

By Patricia Fontana, November 6, 2023

How Do We Get Josephine Off Skid Row? Community Treatment Isn’t Working & She’s Suffering

Meth & Mental Illness: Patty Relapses On L.A.’s Skid Row: Part One

Tormented By Voices But Is She Gravely Disabled? Part Two: Patty’s Skid Row Story

by Susan Partovi, MD, June 9, 2023

Using Housing To Get Patty Into Treatment: Part Three of Skid Row Doctor’s Story

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