Posts Tagged ‘mental health’
National Union of Healthcare Workers call off strike against Kaiser upon reaching tentative agreement
Kaiser mental health staff members of the National Union of Health Workers reach agreements with the HMO and call off strike planned for Monday.
Read MoreKaiser mental health staffers prepare for second strike of the year
1,400 mental health clinicians employed by Kaiser, represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers, call an open-ended strike against the HMO, to begin Monday November 16, after staffing, scheduling and wage demands not met.
Read MoreAdvocates for survivors of domestic violence join forces
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, advocates and clinicians establish new connections to combat the crime.
Read MoreAnti-jail demonstrators seek “Care not Cages”
An unconventional anti-jail protest argued the mentally ill need “Care not Cages,” and provided roadside alternative health services.
Read MoreAt Lake Merritt, families and survivors walk to support suicide prevention
Before sunrise on October 17, survivors of suicide and those who have lost loved ones to suicide will gather on the shores of Oakland’s Lake Merritt for the 7th Annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk, a fundraiser for the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention.
Read MoreState representatives discuss right to die, more money for schools, at Oakland event
State representatives report back from Sacramento on their 2015 achievements. The key topics of conversation were education, healthcare and the state budget.
Read MoreTherapist Isadora Alman wants doctors to ask patients: “Are you enjoying your sex life?”
“Are you enjoying your sex life?” That’s a question sex therapist Isadora Alman would like primary healthcare providers to ask their patients, along with other basic questions often asked of people coming in for a check-up, like inquiries about smoking or drinking. But this doesn’t happen, said Alman, who is also a California licensed marriage…
Read MoreOakland researchers propose a way to explain why what you eat may affect your behavior
Vitamin D and Omega-3 fatty acids improve cognitive function and behavior in people with certain mental disorders, studies have shown. But scientists haven’t been sure how. Now, researchers at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) have come up with a possible explanation. After extensively reviewing the scientific literature, Dr. Rhonda Patrick and Dr. Bruce Ames…
Read MoreIn Oakland, a center works to protect Cambodian girls from sexual exploitation
CERI is a non-profit organization that provides mental health and social services to refugee and immigrant families, mostly Cambodians. All of the girls in its support group have parents who are Cambodian refugees, and they all live in high crime neighborhoods in the East Bay. Many of them know other girls—friends, former classmates—who have become involved in “the life,” a term for the underground world of prostitution.
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