Cal Voices Policy Podcast

Cal Voices Policy Podcast - Episode 1: Behavioral Health Services Act

Join us this month as we discuss Disability Rights California's report, STUCK: Los Angeles County’s Abuse and Neglect of People on Mental Health Conservatorships in Jail and Locked Psychiatric Facilities. Listen in as we talk about the findings, including the moral, ethical, and legal implications of what is happening in LA County. While using the report as a bridge, Stephan and Clare chat about the impact of conservatorship and forced substance use treatment on communities experiencing substance use challenges.

Cal Voices Policy Podcast - Episode 2: DRC Report - STUCK

In this two-segment podcast, Stephan and Clare discuss the impact the recovery model has had on consumers, personal views of the Recovery Model and the importance of Peer Support, and opens up a dialogue for future conversations on policy implications on successful peer support and mental health recovery modalities.

Cal Voices Policy Podcast - Episode 3, Part 1: The Recovery Model and Legislative Impacts

In this three-segment podcast, Stephan, Clare, and Stephanie discuss the impact the recovery model has had on consumers, personal views of the Recovery Model and the importance of Peer Support, and opens up a dialogue for future conversations on policy implications on successful peer support and mental health recovery modalities.

Cal Voices Policy Podcast | Episode 3, Part 2: The Recovery Model and Legislative Impacts

In this three-segment podcast, Stephan, Clare, and Stephanie discuss the impact the recovery model has had on consumers and family members, personal views of the Recovery Model and the importance of Peer Support, and opens up a dialogue for future conversations on policy implications on successful peer support and mental health recovery modalities.

Cal Voices Policy Podcast | Episode 3, Part 3: The Recovery Model and Legislative Impacts

Deinstitutionalization: Did the State Hospitals ever really close and is California heading back to the 'bad old days' with recent laws? Steve Fields, Executive Director of Progress Foundations and Clare Cortright, Policy Director for Cal Voices discuss. 

Description for Episode 1:  Busting the myths about deinstitutionalization with mental health advocate and Executive Director of the Progress Foundatoin, Steve Fields, whose career spans the closure of California's State Hospitals to present day. 

Cal Voices Policy Podcast | Episode 5, Part 1: Deinstitutionalization

Cal Voices provides mental health consumers with culturally-affirming peer support services, assistance in navigating various human service agencies, and advocacy for consumer-oriented public mental health policies. Currently, Cal Voices provides these services in Amador, Placer, and Sacramento counties in California, and offers technical assistance to other mental health agencies statewide. Cal Voices is an affiliate of Mental Health America (MHA), the country’s oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness.

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