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Addiction, Substance Abuse Plague Orange County Residents

Series: OC Mental Health in a Pandemic
By TIFFANY YOO & ALYA HIJAZI | December 31, 2020

Addictions and substance abuse were already steadily increasing and then the pandemic hit. Now, Orange County residents are facing a tough path to recovery.

Seeking Clarity: Orange County’s Best Methods of Self Help

Series: OC Mental Health in a Pandemic
By NANETTE LUI & ETHAN WILLIAMS | December 30, 2020

Orange County residents are seeking new ways to alleviate depression and anxiety after nearly a year of tackling Coronavirus.

OC’s Mental Health Crisis: Stressed by COVID, Lockdown, Economic Downturn, Lack of Health Care

Series: OC Mental Health in a Pandemic
By PAIGE HUGHES & JENNIFER LOSCH | December 28, 2020

Ten months of fighting the Coronavirus pandemic is taking its toll on residents’ already-strained mental health.

OC Saw Jumps in Children Hospitalized for Mental Crises Before Pandemic; Rising Poverty

Health & Wellness
By Nick Gerda | November 9, 2020

There’s been worsening rates of children living in unstable housing and kids hospitalized with mental crises.

Moorlach: California Must Do More to Help the Long-Term Mentally Ill

COMMUNITY OPINION
By John M. W. Moorlach | August 25, 2020

The new state audit affirmed that more must be done with the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act to assist those who need long-term assisted outpatient treatment, something I have been advocating for a long time…. Earlier this year I introduced five bills to address and improve the LPS Act.

OC Mental Health Jail Expansion Draws Pushback and Debate

County Government
By Nick Gerda | October 23, 2019

There was no discussion of how much money would be devoted to the plan or how many doctors or nurses would be treating inmates. Answers weren’t provided after the meeting.

Spike in Children’s Mental Health Hospitalizations Draws Silence From OC Supervisors

Conditions of Children in Orange County report
By Nick Gerda | October 22, 2019

OC’s top elected officials had nothing to say Tuesday when they officially received a report showing jumps in children going to the emergency room for mental illness crises and suicide attempts.

OC Sees Spike in Children Hospitalized for Mental Crises and Self-Harm

Countywide
By Nick Gerda | October 22, 2019

The rate at which children were hospitalized for serious mental illnesses rose 87 percent over a nine year period, according to the annual Conditions of Children in Orange County report.

OC Breaks Ground on First Municipal Mental Health Treatment Campus

County Government
By Nick Gerda | October 17, 2019

Plans call for mental health and drug addiction treatment programs to be available to all county residents, regardless of who their insurance provider is, which officials said would be the first facility in the nation to do so.

State Senator’s Bill, Backed By County Officials, Aims To Boost County Jail Mental Health Services

County Government
By Brandon Pho | August 14, 2019

Orange County jails could widen their funding to treat inmates with mental illnesses while they’re incarcerated, under a bill proposed by California State Senator Tom Umberg (D – Santa Ana).

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