World leaders and wellness advocates learned a little bit more about the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC) at an international gathering of experts united in their desire to share and explore ideas about wellness. The... Read MoreRead more about MHSOAC Represented at World Wellbeing Forum

During a psychotic episode while enrolled at Harvard Business School, Katherine Switz believed she was Jesus Christ. “I was crossing the Harvard Business School campus in the year 2000,” she said. “It was freezing cold in the middle of winter and I was out there... Read MoreRead more about Mental Illness and a Story of Success

If California had to pick superstars in mental health advocacy, Sally Zinman and Rusty Selix would top the list. That was the overwhelming consensus at the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission meeting after the Commission named its two new... Read MoreRead more about MHSOAC Honors Mental Health Icons

The Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission took a big step last month toward a journey that will help guide its path for the next several years with the ultimate goal of transforming the mental health system in California. The meeting in Los... Read MoreRead more about Commissioners Launch Strategic Planning to Guide Direction

At parent meetings at two elementary schools in San Diego, parents spoke passionately about the mental health needs of their children and what schools can do to help. “One of the things that concerns me is whether one psychologist is enough when there’s a large... Read MoreRead more about Parent Meetings Yield Valuable Information Around Children’s Mental Health