2016 CMHACY Conference

October

Children’s Mental Health Crisis Services, Part 4

October 6, 2016

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We continue our series on children’s mental health crisis services. In this blog we will provide a summary of The Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission (MHSOAC) innovative project to understand the state of children’s mental health crisis services in order to improve service...

September

Suicide Prevention Month is Over, But We Always Fight on.

September 29, 2016

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As we come to the end of Suicide Prevention Month, Governor Brown signed in to law Assembly Bill 2246 (O’Donnell) to mandate that districts with students in grades 7 to 12 adopt suicide prevention policies. While districts were previously encouraged to develop suicide prevention policies, this bill will ensure that district...

September

Alcohol and Other Drug/Substance Use Disorders

September 29, 2016

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Pathways to accessing Substance Use Disorder Services and Supports Individuals, parents, family, friends and coworkers often ask “How can I get into treatment?” or “How can I get John/Jane into treatment?” After providing publicly and commercially funded substance use disorder (SUD) services for decades within California,...

September

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

September 28, 2016

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Youth Suicide In Schools, Mental Health Should Be Everyone’s Responsibility Background In the last decade, suicide has jumped from being the third to the second leading cause of death for youth between 10 and 24 year olds. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention reports that approximately...

September

Children’s Mental Health Crisis Services, Part 3

September 13, 2016

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Last month our blog returned to the topic of children’s mental health crisis services. This week’s blog will continue our focus on this important part of the continuum of mental health care for children, youth, and families. Grant Funding Dedicated to Expanding Local Crisis Resources for...

August

California’s Foster Youth Need You Now!

August 29, 2016

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SPECIAL EDITION As the 2nd year in the two-year bill session comes to an end, many bills are still alive and headed to the governor’s desk. This includes several important bill related to children’s mental health. In last week’s blog highlighted an important bill (AB741) which, if...

August

New Website!

August 29, 2016

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Hi everyone! We are very excited to announce our brand new website! After months of imagination, design, and hard work, our team has finally finished the re-design of our website. Check it out and get ready for next year's conference here: http://cmhacy.org From all of us at CMHACY,...

August

Children’s Mental Health Crisis Services, Part 2

August 27, 2016

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On May 10th, 2016 we posted our first blog on children’s mental health crisis services. In the blog we summarized the increased attention to the specific needs of children and families when they find themselves faced with a mental health crisis. The blog reported that...

June

CMHACY Clarifies Authorship and Publication of Recent CCR Article by Mr. Lee Collins

June 6, 2016

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As CMHACY moves forward to advocate for children and families, we have expanded our presence in the public arena via a series of blogs and greater use of social media. From time to time we will invite guest authors to share their opinions about important...

May

John Boyd: Leadership Thoughts to Share

May 31, 2016

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Our 36th annual conference included an increasing number of attendees associated with commercial insurance and hospital systems. One such attendee was John Boyd, System Executive Mental Health. CEO, Sutter Solano Medical Center & Sutter Center for Psychiatry. When discussing what he took away from the...