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Studies Show Anxiety and Depression Have Drastically Increased Amid COVID-19 A recent study discussed in the Denver Post shows that the rate of people experiencing anxiety and depression has substantially increased during the pandemic. According to the article, Mental Health America reports a “93% increase in people participating in anxiety screenings.” Additionally, the nonprofit […]
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Facts and Stats Regarding Mental Health in America According to MentalHealth.gov, mental health problems are very common. Their research concludes that in 2014 as many as “one in five American adults experienced a mental health issue.” Additionally, the same year found that “one in 25 Americans lived with a serious mental illness.” Serious mental health
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Establishing Programs to Help Those Suffering from a Mental Health Disorder According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, one in five adults have a mental health problem. Over 40,000 people each year die from suicide making it the tenth leading cause of death in the country. Despite the majority of all mental
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Addressing the Other Crisis Developing During the Pandemic WebMD recently addressed the issue of mental health during the COVID-19 outbreak and stay at home orders issued across the country. According to their publication “Mental Health an Emerging Crisis of COVID Pandemic” more and more people are experiencing “high levels of emotional distress” during these challenging
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The Act Amending Section 1001.36 of the California Penal Code Senate Bill 215 was approved by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State on September 30, 2018 and amended Section 1001.36 of the Penal Code. The bill authorized courts to grant pretrial diversion to a defendant suffering from a qualified mental disorder. The
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23 Applicants Across California will receive millions in funding to help with diversion and rehabilitative programs The Board of State and Community Corrections announced that it was granting 23 applicants a total of $96 million in grants to counties across the State. The money, part of Proposition 47 funding, is designed to promote programs that
How Mental Health and Addiction Disorders May be Linked According to one of the largest studies done on co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders nearly 20% of respondents with a substance abuse disorder had an independent mood disorder and over 17% had at least one independent anxiety disorder. The study was part of the
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Why Jailing People with Mental Illness May Be Ineffective Studies show that people suffering from mental health disorders may be more prone to commit particular crimes. In an effort to address the underlying mental illness that a person may suffer from, California lawmakers have made mental health diversion a priority. Mental health diversion programs under
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Understanding California’s Deferred Entry of Judgment Programs California offers a number of pretrial diversion programs which allow the court to dismiss criminal charges against certain defendants upon completion of a program. The goal of pretrial diversion programs is to help those charged with misdemeanor or non-serious, non-violent felonies avoid a criminal record and address the
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Establishing a Pretrial Diversion Program for those with Mental Health Disorders California Assembly Bill 1810 established a diversion program for individuals with mental disorders that had been charged with a crime. In an effort to “mitigate the individuals’ entry and reentry into the criminal justice system,” the bill codified the mental health diversion program into
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