Mental Health Forum
Join our livestreaming video and chat noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday with Leon Evans, president and CEO of the Center for Healthcare Services in San Antonio, Texas, as he speaks at the Women's Fund Forum on Mental Health, "From One Community to Another: What San Antonio is Learning from New Approaches to Mental Illness." Join the conversation, posting your comments, observations and questions by using the comment box in this post after entering a display name or on Twitter using #MHLessons. Read the Record Searchlight's advanced coverage here: http://bit.ly/1KUhl7V
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Comment: Police need training in de-escalation. #MHLessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:12:45 PM -
Wilson: NAMI did provide crisis intervention training in the past, but it's slacked off recently. #MHLessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:13:19 PM
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Another suggestion: Police here need more de-escalation training."Too many encounters end in violence or death." #mhlessonsby ashulman via twitter 9/22/2015 8:13:28 PM -
Comment: Sobering center needed with detox. #MHLessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:13:43 PM
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Comment: Day resource center could also serve as service center. #MHLessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:14:03 PM
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Wilson: All these ideas have one thing in common: money. #MHLessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:14:25 PM
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Wilson: Every community has similar issues, but each community must come up with own solutions. #MHLessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:14:47 PM
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Wilson: San Antonio received $85 million in grant funds for its program. That would go a long way. #MHLessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:15:13 PM
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Packed the house to talk about approaches to mental health issues! Thanks #thewomensfund #mhlessons instagram.com
by brandigreene via twitter 9/22/2015 8:15:40 PM -
Comment: Where do we get funds to better treat mentally ill and to provide more space in jail for those with mental illness. #MHLessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:15:55 PM
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Wilson: But Evans said the plan was to reduce number of people with mental illness in jail. That jail isn't effective answer. #MHLessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:16:23 PM
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Hundreds attend event discussing new approaches to mental health. What do you think needs to change? #MHLessons http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPiJMIqXAAE1YYH.jpg
by Ericka So via twitter 9/22/2015 8:16:35 PM -
Wilson: We need to start thinking collectively about education and training. #MHLessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:17:00 PM
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Wilson: Investments like parenting program PPP go a long way in community. #MHlessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:18:07 PM
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Comment: How did San Antonio get funds for Restoration Center and where could Redding get that money? #MHlessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:19:03 PM
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Wilson: Evans said that Restoration Center saved millions to hospitals, courts, so funding comes in part through that. #MHLessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:19:42 PM
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Wilson: We need to work with parents of today to work with kids of today so they don't turn into those parents tomorrow. #MHLessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:21:05 PM
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Wilson: A quarter of kids born into poverty. 50-60 percent of them will remain in poverty their entire lives. #MHLessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:21:31 PM
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Comment: Where will homeless go? We need to bring a Restoration Center here to help them. #MHLessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:22:19 PM
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Question from audience: How do we get people in need for mental health services connected to those services? -
Sue Wilson asks if economic downturn had an affect on our homeless population. Did people lose their jobs and then their homes? Says that's a question we need to work on.
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Wilson: A lot of homeless are home-grown folks. Will the economic turnaround affect this? I think so. #MHlessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:25:47 PM
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Many of us look to government to pay for treatment, but Sue Wilson says that may be something to rethink.
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Comment: It took 2 years to build One SAFE Place. Funding came from different places. Could be model. #MHlessonsby Carole Ferguson via twitter 9/22/2015 8:27:39 PM
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Butte County continuum of care is trying this approach w Chico state social work grad students. #MHLessons twitter.com/C_Ferguson_RS/…by Jenny Espino via twitter 9/22/2015 8:28:11 PM -
Rachel Hatch closes the Women's Fund Mental Health Forum, thanking the Record Searchlight/Redding.com for its partnership on the forum; The McConnell Foundation for hosting Evans' stay in Redding; Shasta County Arts Council for recording the forum; and Sequoia Middle School for hosting the event.
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Women's Fund founding member Judy Salter brings the forum to a close, saying it was important everyone came together today. There are more than 300 people in the audience. She also made a plea asking for more people to join the Women's Fund and thanked everyone for supporting the Women's Fund.
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@ The Rose Experiment we know art can heal, thats why we have been advocating with NVCSS & Minds Matter #mhlessonsby Rose Experiment via twitter 9/22/2015 8:42:22 PM -
Our real secret, if out community has a secret, is the community came together. -- Leon Evans #mhlessonsby Silas Lyons via twitter 9/22/2015 8:45:15 PM -
Everything doesn't have to be expensive. You have to think this through. -- Leon Evans #mhlessonsby Silas Lyons via twitter 9/22/2015 8:45:18 PM
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