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Two more bills aim to protect California foster youth from dangerous psychiatric drugs
A newly-proposed bill would reduce the prescription of psychiatric drugs to youth in California’s foster care system. Karen de Sá of the Contra Costa Times, reports.
“You have to address trauma in order to do anything about the achievement gap,”
Robin Urevich reports, “Trauma Should Be Recognized as Disability by Schools, Lawsuit Says.”
Latino youths see big rise in psychiatric hospitalizations
The Sacramento Bee reports, “While mental health hospitalizations of young people of all ethnicities have climbed in recent years, Latino rates stand out. Among those 21 and younger, rates shot up 86 percent, to 17,813, between 2007 and 2014, according to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. That’s compared with a 21 percent increase among whites and 35 percent among African Americans.”
New Efforts to Provide a Stable Foster Care System for California Youth
Mental Health Diseases and Disorders account for largest share of hospital admissions for youth in CA
Studies by KidsData.org show, “Mental Health Once Again Most Common Cause of Hospital Admission Among CA Children,”
No such thing as a child prostitute, says LA Sheriff
Far-Reaching Bill Promises Overhaul of Calif. Group Homes
Jeremy Loudenback in the Chronicle of Social Change: Far-Reaching Bill Promises Overhaul of Calif. Group Homes
New laws signed to restrict psychiatric drugs in CA foster care
Karen de Sa in the Mercury News: California foster care: New laws signed to restrict psychiatric drugs
A question of Identity: a therapeutic assessment of an adolescent
Audrey Rosenberg, Assistant Program Director of WestCoast’s Assessment program, was published in the French journal, Le Journal Des Psychologues. Audrey’s article examines the work between a white male assessor and an African American adolescent male using established therapeutic models and adapting them to a transcultural context.
The article is available here.