BREAKDOWN: Investigating San Diego County’s Mental Health Care Crisis
August 19, 2021 In 2019, NBC 7 began investigating how and why the mental health care system in San Diego County was failing people. The investigation started when we learned that librarians at the Central Library in downtown San Diego were doing way more work related to the mental health care of their patrons than […]
Recovery International: Taming her Anxiety
July 28, 2021 The first time Judi Bakke went to a Recovery International San Diego meeting, she had no idea what was going on. She also knew that it didn’t matter. After spending years struggling with anxiety and panic attacks, Bakke finally felt at home. What she didn’t know was how much joy she would get from […]
Archives Donation to University of Illinois at Chicago Dr. Abraham Low Special Collection
July 28, 2021 Eighty years ago, the state-of-the-art treatment for mental illness was electric shock treatment. Cold water immersion, insulin shock and lobotomies were other remedies for those with recurrent “nervous” disorders. The stigma of mental illness was compounded in states like Illinois, where one received a court record when released from a state hospital. […]