Santa Clara County unveils new residential mental health facility amid psychiatric bed shortage

Santa Clara County unveils new residential mental health facility amid psychiatric bed shortage

SAN JOSE — The rooms inside this building—modestly furnished with neatly made twin beds, tables, chairs and nightstands decorated with vases of faux orange-and-violet daises—may look unremarkable. But to Santa Clara County... Read more »
Mission Oaks psychiatric care center closes amid crisis

Mission Oaks psychiatric care center closes amid crisis

Alexis Crase calls Mission Oaks her “safe place.” The 32-year-old San Jose resident has been admitted to the inpatient psychiatric facility in Los Gatos more than 20 times over the last five... Read more »
More patients in crisis falling through cracks of state psychiatric commitment system

More patients in crisis falling through cracks of state psychiatric commitment system

In the language of state agencies, it’s “loss of custody.” In the vernacular of medical staff, it’s being “street-ed.” Both refer to when an emergency medical department is unable to stop a... Read more »
Changing attitudes on psychiatric care

Changing attitudes on psychiatric care

Two troubling incidents in Paterson — an imam stabbed during a prayer service and the smearing of feces on the letters “Allah” in a school sign — have sparked conversations about mental... Read more »
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