sharpstein from the department of mental health.hank you for coming in. >> yes. >> one thing you wanted to talk to us about is the healthy maryland week. >> we had a great week. it is healthy maryland week. we got the lieutenant governor involved. we talked about opportunities for personal fitness and parks all around the state. we cooked some smoothies with some kids in prince george's county. we talked about an important step forward for our initiative on health disparrots. -- disparities. and yesterday an announcement. >> what did that entail? >> it entailed a lot of things. helping state employees quit smoking, eat better p walk up stairs where you can. we will have some approaches to facilitating breast feeding and other important things for health. >> you mention health disparrots that continue to be a huge problem not just in the state of maryland but nationally. what's being done here in our community to bridge the gaps? in this legislative session, it is an important path to make new strides. part of that is forcing the hea

the family says they're a little confused about the entire involvement of the mental health departmentause according to them anthony chambers did not have any mental illnesses, so there is a lot of information that still needs to come. the family demanding a lot of answers. derek. >> ken molestina, thank you. >>> former dc chair kwame brown is now a convicted felon, and today he went into a court to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of filing. >> i have made serious mistakes and i am taking full responsibility for those mistakes. >> it did not involve stealing any taxpayer dollars. brown did resign after being charged with the federal crime. he is scheduled for sentencing september 20th. as a part of the plea deal, prosecutors will not be asking for jail time. >>> immigration and customs enforcement agents arrest nearly 200 child important og rapher poor nothing raphers -- pornografrsgraphers >> what we do know about what case is very disturbing. for nearly a year, agents monitored the down loads from computers in this home in gainsville, virginia. this past may, a neighbor who aske

then, recently, we added a new program- it's a dmh program for the department of mental health for the deaf. people should know that awakenings program is the largest service provider in the u.s. specifically for the deaf and the hard of hearing. and so here at awakenings program all of the staff is able sign an asl very fluent. and at all times everybody is comfortable and able to express their feelings and work on their background and develop a better treatment plan to help them meet their goals. being around deaf culture, being around other deaf helps, yeah. it's more of the ability to communicate quickly. you know if something's wrong or pops up, and they learn to manage it by getting feedback with other peers here, and they learn to get through problems. i was really surprised that they provided opportunities for the deaf and service the deaf, so really it impressed me to stay sober. since i've been here 15 months, i finally realized who i am.

anthony chambers became combative with the officers who were called to help staff from the department of mental health. the officers eventually subdued chambers and put him in handcuff. he lost consciousness and later died at the hospital. the officers are on administrative leave. >>> police need your help identifying a man in this video. they say he was involved in an armed robbery yesterday at college park. it happened at the shanghai tokyo restaurant in the 8300 block of baltimore avenue. a cash reward is being offered for the tip that leads to an arrest. prince george's county police and the naacp trying to prevent gun violence with gift cards. gun owners today brought their firearms to the first baptist church of highland park on sheriff road. no questions asked. they didn't have to give a name or any other information. and for turning in their gun, they got a visa gift card worth $100. >>> it is one of the year's most sought after shoes. nike's air yeezy 2 designed by rapper kanye west hit store shovels. downtown washington, d.c. is the only place selling it. only 3 to 5000 pairs will be sold na

were called to the unit block of peach street southwest to help several members of the department of mental health who are apparently interacting in some way with chambers. when police arrived, they say chambers attacked the officers, at which point chambers was put in handcuffs, lost consciousness and then died after being taken to the hospital. >> six or seven cops put their hands around him and beat him. >> reporter: but that's not at all what happened, according to chambers' sister, who says she was in the apartment when her brother was attacked and killed for no apparent reason by police. >> what they did was they restrained my brother and started choking him. they strangled him to death. >> reporter: and who tonight is calling for justice. >> they attacked him. i witnessed it all. >> reporter: d.c. police would not comment on the case beyond saying that anthony chambers' death is still under investigation, and that the cause of death had not yet been determined by the medical examiner. a source told me tonight that one of the police officers involved suffered several broken facial bones afte

officers were called to the unit block of p street southwest to help several members of the department of mental health who were apparently interacting in some way with chambers. when police arrived, they say chambers attacked the officers, was put in handcuffs, lost consciousness and died. >> six cops put their hands around him and beat him. >> reporter: but that's not at all what happened according to chambers' sister who said she was in the apartment when her brother was attacked and killed for no apparent reason by police. what they did is they restrained my brother, started choking him. they strangled him to death. >> reporter: tonight they're calling for justice. >> they attacked him. i witnessed it all. >> reporter: matt jablow, 9news now. >> d.c. police would not comment on the case. all they would say is that the death is under investigation and that the cause of death had not yet been determined by the medical examiner. >>> a civil lawsuit filed against the culpeper virginia police officer may be expanded to include the police department and all responsible parties. that's based on statements

the 38-year-old became combative with officers called to help staff from the department of mental health. they eventually subdued chambers and put him in handcuffs he lost consciousness and died at hospital. >>> police in fairfax county called to investigate a body found in reston and called back an hour later for a report of a missing person the victim was a 40-year-old. investigators said he suffered some sort of trauma to his upper body but exact cause of death will be determined by an examiner. >> police released this sketch of a murder suspect. an indian man late 20s early 30s he is considered dangerous. >>> maryland man accused of crashing an suv into a dc building is facing a long list of charges 32-year-old charles ball of new market, crashed the vehicle into the building on connecticut avenue last night. he is charged with arson, felony destruction of property and unauthorized use of a vehicle. authorities inofficially said they thought the driver -- intentionally -- initially said they thought the driver intentionally crashed into the building. the vehicle was stolen. >>> a muc

year-old anthony chambers became combative with the officers who were called to help staff the department of mental health. police say the officers eventually sub disiewd chambers and hut him in handcuffs. he lost consciousness and died at the hospital. the officers are on administrative leave. >>> two associates of jack johnson are scheduled for sentencing today. both were co-conspirators in the corruption scandal that put johnson behind bars. they were part of an untaxed cigarette smuggling scream. both pled guilty to giving bribes in exchange for political help. >>> virginia is gearing up for another primary election. tomorrow, residents in the state will head to the polls to choose a republican candidate for senate. former governor and senator george alhelp is being called the frontrunner. the primary winner will face former governor tim kaine who is the only democrat on the ballot. there is also u.s. house primaries in districts 8 and 11 covering arlington, alexandria and fairfax count you and there is a democratic primary for alexandria city council. >>> heads up for anyone who travels on u street n

police were called out to help the department of mental health services friday afternoon at an apartment on p street in southwest. police say the officers handcuffed chambers after he attacked them. and then chambers at some point lost consciousness. he later died at the hospital. family members say the officers are responsible. >> what they did, they restrained my brother, started checking him. they strangled him to death. >> chambers' sister says she was there and witnessed an unprovoked attack by the officers. he leaves behind a 12-year-old daughter. the medical examiner has not ruled yet on the cause of death for chambers and police at this point are not commenting while the case assured investigation. >>> today attorney general eric holder will traffic from the justice department to capitol hill. that's where the senate judiciary committee is waiting to question him about recent leaks about the war on terror. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live on capitol hill with a preview. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. certainly it will be a spirited hearing on the hill l

department of health and human services. [music] universal counseling services as an outpatient, mental health and substance abuse treatment program. we are at all the local department of social service sites where we do mental health screenings and referral. we're at the various courthouse sites in the city where we do substance abuse assessments and referrals into the community. we're in about 13 different baltimore city public schools, where we provide substance abuse and mental health screening, as well as provide treatment, referral, crisis intervention, and mental health supports for the school system. it get better, you know? right. get better if you work on it, try to keep yourself focused. it is very important that we find out what the individual is requesting, what they're in need of, so that we can better address both other organizations' problems, such as homelessness, hiv, substance abuse co-occurring, and, a lot of times, legal issues are also in need of. i want to thank you for letting me see this second half of your recovery up until the-you know-golden time of day. so- research to practice is using the research th

services, we work order funds to the department of public health and day grant those funds to mental health providers and manage and monitor those grants. it works because we help in ensuring -- i want to highlight three major budget initiatives that are in this particular budget. dcyf will continue to function as a funder for programs. in doing this, we require a staff that will be able to perform high-level grants management functions. such as contract oversight, compliance, fiscal monitoring, as well as providing assessment and observation of programs so that we can determine quality of programs. from there, be able to make recommendations for technical assistance as well as capacity building and professional development. we have requested in this budget to new positions to help us build our grand and program development department. as well as request higher level positions, position substitutions, so we can bring that people who can help us provide the capacity building and technical assistance that we need to support our cbos. the third big initiative we want to highlight is tha

bradley karlin, national mental health director for psychotherapy and psychogeriatrics, office of mental health services, department of veterans affairs headquarters, washington, dc. kathryn, more than 2 million troops deployed to afghanistan and iraq. what are some of the behavioral health issues related to the returning vets that are there, the vets that are there, and the returning vets? i think all of us are paying great attention to the behavioral health issues of anyone who has been in combat. and, first of all, when we use the term "behavioral health," we generally are talking about a broad range of mental and emotional and substance abuse disorders and/or problems. we know that anyone who has been in combat will probably suffer from trauma and anyone who has been in a combat situation will have effects of that trauma. so, the first thing we really want to pay attention to is: how have the individuals who have served in combat absorbed that trauma and become resilient to that trauma? in addition, we are seeing a variety of behavioral adjustments having to do with post-traumatic stress, having to do with depr

> several demonstrators arrested protest at the city health department offices in the loop late this afternoon protesters angry over closing of mental health clinics and chicago demonstration chicago department of public health south state street worked their way to the second floor of the building protesters want the health commissioner to resign bechara choucair also demanding six out of 12 clinics shuttered by the rahm emmanuel administration for budget reasons be opened. new approach to prostitution and sex trafficking cook county next small group working to pull women out of life of exploitation also chicago police department opening up checkbook more officers on the streets this summer. take a look behind to make some of the costumes and artifacts from one of the most popular television children shows of all time bozo's circus part of the new museum of broadcast medications showing you more of this coming up. and later jim ramsey great day streak will continue tomorrow and beyond ar eat good fats. avoid bad. don't go over 2000... 1200 calories a day. carbs are bad. carbs are good. the story keeps changing. so i'm not listening

the next biggest group of state actions related to the department of public health, mostly on the mental health side. there continues to be some uncertainty. and what we don't know is what the full impact of the cut may be. those are likely to have a very significant impact on our budget. and finally, i think there continues to be uncertainty with respect to redevelopment. as late as last night, we were hearing the legislature was going to take action than this morning they said they weren't and then i heard that they have taken action. as you recall, we have $15 million in our state reserved. at this time, we think there are at least $10 million of the impacts and there are some uncertainties. supervisor chu: think you for the update. questions? to the comptroller's office, i think one of the questions is whether or not there are any changes or increases in revenues that we can anticipate. >> we are finishing up a review of for revenue changes that might have occurred since we submitted the budget and i expect to have written information within the next two hours. we have one final meet

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they lost 3% of their body weight but the drug is shown to improve blood sugar levels. the maryland department of health and mental hygiene and other organizations have joined to spread awareness of hiv. they launched their greater than a campaign. to educate the public about the disease and if you remember yesterday reported the cdc is launching a pilot program providing free to be testing in some drug stores. the top dogs in city hall and baseball have teamed up to end childhood hunger. they join together with a share our strength no kids hungry campaign and other organizations to help raise awareness about free summer meals throughout baltimore city. according to hugger solutions, left -- hunger solutions 50% received a summer mailed last summer. >> it is important to make sure that every child has access to healthy food and no child goes hungry. that is why this partnership is so important. >> if you would like more information, you can got to youthbemore.com or dial 211. >> i hope you had a chance to enjoy the beautiful weather. fairly especially at night and early morning. kind of a refreshing.59 at bwi mars

of the heat. >> dr. mitchell with the state department of health and mental hygiene >> we want to make sure we're checking in on our neighbors, checking in on people who live alone, the elderly, people without air-conditioning >> reporter: signs of heat exhaustion include confusion, gnash catastrophe and muscle cramping. symptoms of heat stroke are hallucinations, slurred speech and a rapid or slower heartbeat >> they come in dry, dizzy, lightheaded, sick, some ting, all from heat stroke >> reporter: in annapolis, ice cream keeps some cool. but if recreation isn't an option on this sweltering day >> if you're feeling uncomfortable, lightheaded, queasy, sick to your to mac. get inside, drink fluids and take a break >> reporter: just a reminder if you don't have air-air- conditioning in your home there are cooling centers through the the county. for a list of the cooling centers willing on to our web site at w jz.com. live, jessica gartalia, w jz begins >> jessica you showed tremendous discipline by not sticking your tease in the water >> let's keep that a secret. >> check in with w jz for first morning cov

the sale of a baby bumper pads, how they want to do it pretty soon following an extensive investigation by the department of health and mental concluding that they do more harm than good. they defined the past as non- mesh material. they run the circumference of the crib or along the length of the interior sides. they provide nine months to comply. >> a new survey shows for smaller vehicles. they found many if not most want one thing above all else, lester paine at the pumps. >> a high priority on fuel economy. 37% say it is the top consideration for choosing the next car. >> there are made smaller, car sales are 20% better than last year. facebook looking to offer services to the under generation. they are lying about their age in order to get on facebook. the social networks is testing out new ways to let kids get on the side legally. experts say this is a great way to create community that gives parents the opportunity to connect with their kids at their kids' friends. but certain safeguards must be in place. >> under the age of 13, the parent has to hold a master account. a big to see everything in their feed, and kit fr

of the heat. >> reporter: dr. clifford mitchell is with the state department of health and mental hygiene. >> we want to make sure we're checking in on our neighbors, people who live alone, the elderly, people without air conditioning and the homeless. >> reporter: signs of heat exhaustion are confusion, nausea, and muscle cramping. symptoms of heatstroke are hallucination and slurred speech. >> they come in and are vomiting from heatstroke. >> reporter: ice cream is keeping some cool, and others are kayaking, but if recreation isn't an option on this sweltering day, remember. >> you are feeling uncomfortable, lightheaded, queasy, sick to your stomach, get inside and drink fluids and take a break. >> reporter: of course, they also remind everyone that it's important to ask your kids how they're feeling. kids don't always tell if you they are not feeling great, and make sure they drink plenty of water. for additional information you can call the city's hotline at 311, and for a link to cooling centers, log onto wj wjz.com. >> all right, jessica. thank you. the kid best hind you look like they're doing just fine an

senate in november of 2009 as administrator of the substance abuse and mental health services administration, a public health agency within the department of health and human services. she has a long history of serving america through various public health and mental health administration roles and has a biography in the program which i hope you will all read and spend some time, but in order to move on with the program, i'm going to bring up pam. thank you. >> good morning. that was a challenge. i need to do better about my step exercises. it's very good to be with you here. thank you, janet. it's very good to be with the department of defense and the veterans administration and all the parts of the military who are working on issues that we care a lot about at samsa. we are very interested in the issue of suicide nationwide and in preventing that issue, and i want to take just a minute to sort of set a larger context. i suspect after three days or two days at a conference like this, you may have heard much of this, but let me just tell you a little bit about how i think about this. these are 2008 data and i'm sure you all know this by

of her children. these are women who have been severely traumatized by the losses. >> many city departments offer immediate counseling and mental healthservices for survivors of traumatic events including police fire and from paramedics. >>> they are reminded about the dangers of fireworks as we approach the fourth of july holiday. fireworks started the small fire in concord last night. it threatened an apartment complex at one point. they were able to put it out before it did major damage. it did bush a bush and a tree. just in the past hour, san francisco officials announced a new strategy to keep the peace at tomorrow night's dodge kerr game. under cover police officers will pose as dodger fans and head up any possible violence in the stands. the mayor wants to make sure any lingering tensions from the ryan stow boating will not boil over into the game. they will give the key to the city to pitcher matt cain in honor of the perfect game he through against houston. >>> another unseasonbly mild day around the bay area. partly cloudy skies. we have the on shore breeze blowing out will. the numbers are up slightly over yesterday. givin

as we work to confront the challenges of mental health and suicide prevention, the department could not have a more fortunate leader than secretary panetta. i don't believe there's a single person in government and perhaps in this nation who has confronted and assessed the most complex issues facing our nation from as many perspectives as our secretary. like few others, secretary panetta's life is defined by public service. he served his country in uniform as an army intelligence officer. he served in city and federal government as staff. for 16 years he served as a u.s. congressman from california, eventually rising to serve as chairman of the house budget committee. following his time in elected office, he served president clinton as director of omb and then as chief of staff. he returned to public office under president obama, first as director of the central intelligence agency at a pivotal time in the history of that agency, during a two-theater war, and on july 1st, 2011, was sworn in as the 23rd secretary of defense. this biography is reflective of an important life of service to

department of public health. supervisor mar: -- >> this item before you is the least of 720 sacramento. it provides mental health counseling and treatment to the chinatown community. it includes portions of the ground floor, the basement, and the entirety of the second and third floors. 9200 square feet of leased space. the police -- it was approved by the board on april 17, 1996. the most recent adjustment was on july 1, at 2007, taking a lease rate to $24.24 per square foot. or $18,645 per month. this item before you is simply a one-year extension of the lease, which has been negotiated. we have kept the rate exactly the same as it has been for the last five years. there is no future fiscal impact for the next year. we believe that is no greater than the fair market rental values for the location, given the building location and its use. funding is still subject to certification funds and budget adoption. i am joined -- supervisor mar: let's open this up for public comment. public comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this item forward without objection? to be considered as a committee report on ju

as well as a lot of mental health services, substance abuse treatment services, nursing services are provided by the department of public health and other kinds of violence prevention that maybe provided through the department of children youth and families. so the total city contribution on an annual basis is $56.8 million. and then finally, in trying to look longitudinaly of how much money has been allotted to the schools from the city over a time period, we're taking a look at fiss carrier '05/'06 through the two-year budget period. this is the first time city and county is considering approving a two-year budget. the public education enrichment fund was enacted in 2004 and the money first came in, in 2005 and '06. so what you see here is the allocation of the piece dollars starting $10 million the first year, $71 million the current year. school districts share so the school districts share its infancy of the program at $7 million and is now at $47 million. this bolded amount is the deferral amount, so this is the amount of the trigger that was pulled in those years, first time was in fiscal year 89. '8 mi

mental illnesses, many of whom have been kept in solitary confinement. the prisoners filed suit several years ago in south carolina department of corrections alleging violations of the state constitution and seeking adequate mental healthvices. >> to illustrate some of what we have learned about operations solitary confinement and our state, i want to call your attention to two individuals who the members of our class. the first is the door robinson, 50-year-old man with parents schizophrenia serving a life sentence. his speeches highly disorganized and has a history of bizarre behavior such as drinking his own urine. like many people with schizophrenia, he suffers hallucinations and delusions. he believes at night while he sleeps doctors secretly entered his cell and perform surgery on him. from 1993 through 2005, 12 consecutive years, mr. robinson was kept in solitary confinement. >> that is attorney stuart andrews. he said mentally ill prisoners in south carolina are actually twice as likely as others to be in solitary confinement and 2.5 times likely to receive a sentence in solitary that exceeds their projected release date from prison, and over three times as likely to be assigned to an indefinite period of time

department of health and human services. cam was originally started back in the '90s to address the alcohol and drug treatment needs and mental health needs of people specifically with disabilities. cam stands for the consumer advocacy model, and it was established with the idea of the individual is the expert on what their needs are. so it's a team model. nothing here is decided based on any one philosophy or any one strict practice. we look at what is holistic. it's a strength-based approach of using the individual's own strengths and applying them to the clinical model. the benefits of using technology-assisted care for people who have disabilities and/or for people who have co-occurring disabilities, or sud disorders, are that it provides an arena of access for folks who might not normally be able to get to a treatment facility or might not be able to be served in a traditional setting. ecam is taking all the services that someone would get in a traditional model-counseling, group counseling, and case management- and putting them in a computer world, a video conference world. and technology-assisted care is taking any of

department of veteran affairs. today the va cut the ribbon on new mental health center in palo alto. 7 news reporter mark matthews talk with iraq veteran who was a guest of honor at today events. >> christopher stood right next to the under secretary for health as he cut the ribbon on the new 54 million dollar 80 bed mental health center. [applause] he took the turn at the podium along with congresswoman l and love green. >> most vet rant won't accept help even if they know they need it and at least here the veterans won't feel like they are imprisoned or something. >>reporter: his blunt asymptoms amid other thank you speeches seemed a little off kilter but christopher hurt knows what he's talking about. just last week he was a patient in the old va mental health center. >> i was not going outside. i was just staying at my home. i wouldn't talk to anybody. >>reporter: when he came home from 2 and half years of combat, hurt says he began to with drawchlt his family convinced him to get help. old va center it felt like a lock up. >> only three times when we could go out during the day for about half hour. >>reporter: to

departments. we work order a tremendous amount of service dollars to public health for mental health, substance abuse and other services related to the probasers and the realign population as well as money for housing services. a third of the realignment dollars that came into the city, we have been reallocated for services. if we're going to be successful in the intervention it's going to be because of the fact that we have services available for the population. in terms of the overall budget changes from the last fiscal year, the net increase is $4.1 million. the state funding is 4.17. sb 678 funding, an

departments. we work order a tremendous amount of service dollars to public health for mental health, substance abuse and other services related to the probasers and the realign population as well as money for housing services. a third of the realignment dollars that came into the city, we have been reallocated for services. if we're going to be successful in the intervention it's going to be because of the fact that we have services available for the population. in terms of the overall budget changes from the last fiscal year, the net increase is $4.1 million. the state funding is 4.17. sb 678 funding, an additional $528,000 above the 800 and some thousand that we received last year. we had two grants expire. we also have new additional grants coming in. we have just been selected, training for all of our sworn staff for the evidence based practices. san francisco probation was selected as one because of our national reputation. we're pretty proud of that. we have been able to reduce the general funds contribution to our budget by over a million dollars. in addition to that, we were able to take the

one is some proposed reductions to department of public health in the community behavioral services program. these are substance-abuse treatment and mental health treatment programs. we are looking this year at a proposal to eliminate services that would affect 3840 vulnerable, many homeless or formerly homeless low-income san franciscans who are currently receiving substance abuse treatment and mental abuse treatment in the city as a result of the cuts proposed. these 3800 people would lose substance abuse and mental health treatment services. this is something that does not just affect the people receiving the services, not just the people affecting the services providing, but it affects everyone in the community in that it makes the community less safe, and it makes people who are already vulnerable even more vulnerable. when we look deeper and what is being proposed, we see our inpatient and outpatient -- our inpatient mental health and substance abuse -- outpatient mental-health and substance- abuse treatment that do not have -- and our general fund only have been targeted for cuts. what that means is, the programs that support folk

department heads. mental health, security, education. they go over all ofhings that -- the classes and programs i have taken while i have been in here. and give me any suggestions about what they think would be helpful for me when i leave. >> alex is here. for criminal sexual penetration of a minor, sexual contact with a minor. he's serving 18 years, incarcerated since 2000. he attend inpatient/outpatient sex offender treatment. since his incarceration, six misconduct reports. all minor. basically possession of contraband items. >> what did you have? >> lighter, tobacco. one time i got caught with pornography. >> okay. you admitted to a drinking problem. what drugs besides alcohol do you use? >> i've experimented with methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana. >> not a member of any gangs? >> oh, no, no, no, no. >> you've taken fiber-optic classes, a copper-based cables class, and an intro to telecommunications, so you've done quite a bit. what kind of work history do you have? i know you have prior military service. what kind of other work do you have? >> i've w

department estimate ps 18 veterans commit suicide every day. at a recent conference on military suicide, head of the mental health services administration and health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius spoke about suicide prevention efforts. >> veterans administration and all the parts of the military working on issues that we care a lot about at samsa. we are very interested in the issue of suicide nationwide and in preventing that issue. and i want to take just a minute to sort of set a larger context. i suspect after three days or two days at a conference like this, you may have heard much of this, but let me just tell you a little bit about ho