1:00 PM, Tuesday, JANUARY 22, 2019 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 West Temple Street, Room 381B, Los Angeles, California County Supervisor Kathryn Barger (5th District) is calling in a motion that will satisfy many of us. You’ve seen her at our last NAMIWalks in Grand Park highlighting the importance of mental health issues more »
Read MoreWe recently received the following call to action from our friends at DBSA. Please consider submitting a public comment on this issue as directed: Access for some impacts access for all. Medicare is recommending changes to rules that govern prescription plans, known as Part D, that could create delays and barriers to refilling existing prescriptions more »
Read MoreThe Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health has extended an invitation to all interested Service Area 2 stakeholders to the upcoming Service Area 2, Clergy Breakfast Meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, February 12, 2019, from 9:30am to 11:30am. The meeting will be held at the Zev Yaroslavsky Family Support Center, located at: 7555 Van Nuys Blvd, Van Nuys, CA more »
Read MoreThe Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry –by Lynn Nanos The mental health system is deeply flawed. I wrote the newly published book, Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry, to appeal for legislative reform because it’s nearly impossible to change the system as a clinician. Breakdown traces key events in more »
Read MoreThe Service Area Advisory Committees play an important role in allowing Mental Health stakeholders to give input and feedback to the County Department of Mental Health and allows DMH to disseminate important information to community leaders. It also facilitates networking among the attendees. DMH Service Area 2 includes the whole San Fernando Valley, Glendale and more »
Read MoreThe following urgent alert has been adapted from an advocacy action call issued by the Mental Illness Policy Organization. For additional background information on this key issue, please see the links at the bottom of the page including NAMI’s national position statement. NOTE: Please help us understand the impact of our part in this call by more »
Read MoreWhat is the NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program? NAMI Family-to-Family is a, 12-session education program for family, partners, friends and significant others of adults living with mental illness, at no cost to you, the participant! The course is designed to help all family members understand and support their loved one living with mental illness, while maintaining more »
Read MoreCalABLE Launch Event! CalABLE is a savings and investment plan enabling individuals with disabilities to save for the future without jeopardizing their public disability benefits. As part of our launch activities, we will be holding two kickoff events with California State Treasurer John Chiang and some of our community partners and CalABLE enrollees — one more »
Read MoreStates can now apply for a waiver to get federal funding for IMD beds. We’ll be launching a campaign soon, to urge California to take advantage of this opportunity with all due speed. Watch This Space! Updates coming soon.
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