Weekly Wrap-Up
June 17, 2022
ANNOUNCEMENTS

MHAC Offices will be closed on Monday, June 20th
in observation of Juneteenth.

The Weekly Wrap will return on July 8th
after a brief summer break.
California Prepares to Launch a Mental Health Hotline

Going live nationwide on July 16, the hotline is intended to be like 911 but for psychiatric instead of medical emergencies.
New Research Shows That Probiotics Can
Help Alleviate Depression

What may come as a surprise to many is that scientists have just found that your intestinal flora, the trillions of bacteria and other microbes that live in your digestive tract, can affect depression. Yet this isn’t as strange as it sounds, as your gut microbiome is known to play a significant role in health and may have links to weight loss, autism, COVID-19 severity, ALS, and drug safety and efficacy.
Amid a National Crisis in Youth Mental Health, Surgeon General Says Kids Need to be Part of the Solution

Facing a growing mental health crisis among America's teens and young adults, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says the problem is not something adults can fix alone.
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