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Jocelyn Wiener's Blog
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The stigma question: Interviewing "Real Faces" Behind Mental Illness
When I first pitched a series of stories exploring access to mental health care in the wake of... more »
posted 05/30/12
California's mental health crisis
Seven years after voters passed Proposition 63 -- the landmark legislation that was supposed to... more »
posted 11/16/11

Jocelyn Wiener's Work
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Lesson: Reporting on Mental Health Cuts and their Consequences
Why does mental health seem to get hit so much harder by cuts than other arenas? What do these cuts look like on the ground?
Project: Creative thinking a necessity in Stanislaus County

Stanislaus was one of the first counties in California to submit a plan for funding from the Mental Health Services Act, the voter-supported tax on millionaires to expand the state’s mental health services.

Project: A shining light in Modesto

As mental health budgets shrink and services erode in Stanislaus County California, Aspen Family Medical Group, a primary care clinic, has taken on a key role in treating the county's uninsured mentally ill.