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California faces more than $50 million in fines for failing to correct a chronic shortage of mental health providers in its state prisons. The fines, which could be imposed by Chief U.S. District ...
The mini–mental state examination (MMSE) or Folstein test is a 30-point questionnaire that is used extensively in clinical and research settings to measure cognitive impairment. [1] [2] It is commonly used in medicine and allied health to screen for dementia. It is also used to estimate the severity and progression of cognitive impairment and ...
California lawmakers have been working to overhaul the state's mental health system in order to better treat those who pose a risk to themselves. Newsom signs mental health bill expanding ...
In November 2004, voters in the U.S. state of California passed Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), which has been designed to expand and transform California's county mental health service systems. The MHSA is funded by imposing an additional one percent tax on individual, but not corporate, taxable income in excess of one ...
Sacramento lawmakers approved changes to California's landmark behavioral health law. The measure now goes to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Laura Wilcox was a 19-year-old college sophomore who had been valedictorian of her high school before going on to study at Haverford College. [1] While working at Nevada County's public mental health clinic during her winter break from college, on January 10, 2001, she and two other people were shot to death by Scott Harlan Thorpe, a 40-year-old man who resisted his family's and a social ...
Kaiser Permanente agreed to a $200-million settlement after canceling tens of thousands of mental health appointments and failing to provide timely care, California regulators said.
The mental status examination (MSE) is an important part of the clinical assessment process in neurological and psychiatric practice. It is a structured way of observing and describing a patient's psychological functioning at a given point in time, under the domains of appearance, attitude, behavior, mood and affect, speech, thought process, thought content, perception, cognition, insight, and ...