her mental illness do you think that her mental illness is the. that she finds this city to be stressful or is the stressful city perhaps a reason for a mental illness well actually we see both variance in clinical practice of course a person. with depression for example is far less flexible and tolerant. with regard to stress with regards to to the density. of the metropolis. and on the other hand we do see that stress causes mental ill health. as we see for example an increased risk for depression or anxiety disorders in the open class we just saw in the report that they did mindfulness practice so you brought something here for mindfulness so how does it work if you like we can have a little practice together we'll do an acoustic mindfulness. practice together so i ask you to close your eyes and just concentrate on all the noise the voices that you hear around you. try and try not to evaluate any of these noises but just hear and listen. to what you hear. starts now. this helps us to stop rumination to stop worrying. and to stay in in the very

one of the key issues that is raised in the report not just treatment of mental ill health but also human rights of people whose mental health is experiencing difficulty tell me more about that what of the human rights aspect absolutely there is there are human rights related conditions regarding disability presence of mental illness especially severe mental illness tend to have us tend to have disabilities around mental health disorders access to treatment how people the treatment treated stigma related to mental illness and then if you're in the developing world such as i am where there are tremendous resource deficits you have people that are changed people are held in for camps people that are treated in unconventional ways and so the report really highlights these human rights violations and even in developing in developed countries we have the issue of parity mental illness is not treated on par with physical illness well that's something the british government has announced as one of its key goals its policy goals not to put those two things on parity the british government has jus

this bill is a significant step forward in taking a new approach to the epidemic of mental illness and severe drug addiction we see playing out on our streets every day. not just in san francisco but cities throughout this state. this is not progressive to sit by while people unravel and die on our streets. to be clear, we are not talking about most homeless people. large majority of homeless people are not what this bill is about. this is about a small percentage of chronic homeless people, who are incapable of making decisions for themselves due to severe mental health and drug addiction issues. who are incapable of accepting services. we need to help these people and we need to stop just letting people unravel and die on our streets. the city of san francisco and other cities have told us, is that the current conservativeship laws in california, are not meeting the meets, particularly of people with severe drug addiction. people who are cycling in and out of the psyche of emergency room and they're backout on the streets unraveling more and more. we need to help get these people int

i am mentally ill. i have a mental illness, everybody. is that scaring you?o a place where we can talk about that, like other people talk about their diabetes, then we can move forward, because you know what? i am not ashamed of being mentally ill. i didn't put that stigma on that, somebody else put that stigma on me. >> today's crowd is somewhat unique. while some have gathered out of pure interest, others connect to jen's message more deeply. >> my grandson's father is in prison for murder. and he doesn't know. he's nine years old and he does president know. -- doesn't know. we don't feel it's time to tell him something like that. i don't know where you begin. how do you tell him? >> just as the mother-in-law to someone who is in prison for murder, how does that affect you? >> my biggest fear is him buying into that, that he will most definitely follow into his father's footsteps. i don't want him to feel that he has no choices. you do have choices, and you make your life what you want it to be. you have that power. >> the power of choice, it's a message th

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mental illness issues as well. >> can we talk about that?because people -- if you mention that, they will criticize you. but kanye brought it up today. he brings it up in every interview. if you want to take the stigma off of mental illness, when people discuss it. >> embrace it. >> the truth and the reality of it, then you need to embrace it. they say, "how dare they talk about it." he brought it up himself, didn't he, chris? >> in "people" magazine in august, the language parallels are really interesting, he called being bipolar which is what he is diagnosed as, as being his superpower, that it gave him powers that other people didn't have. what's fascinating about what he said about mental illness with donald trump, he said, and i read it a bunch of times, that he was misdiagnosed with bipolar and that he was really just suffering from sleep deprivation and that's why he couldn't remember things. i kind of return to frank's initial point here as it relates to what kanye really said. i'm hesitant to analyze too deeply because it really did

the contra costa chapter of the national alliance on mental illness opposes the measure... calling it counterproductive and costly. "the winners will likely be the housing developers, not so much those living with mental health challenges. the money could be much better spent building appropriate housing if used on housing associated with treatment models."both supporters and opponents agree califoria's homelessness problems need fixing... but whether proposition 2 will serve as a solution will be decided by voters. tag lawrence lawrence lawrence karnow: gust offshore winds

the contra costa chapter of the national alliance on mental illness opposes the measure... calling it counterproductive and costly. "the winners will likely be the housing developers, not so much those living with mental health challenges. the money could be much better spent building appropriate housing if used on housing associated with treatment models."both supporters and opponents agree califoria's homelessness problems need fixing... but whether proposition 2 will serve as a solution will be decided by voters. tag lawrence lawrence lawrence karnow: gust offshore winds are expected to blow over the weekend. we could see some gusts as high as 50s mph hour over north and east bay hills. as a result fire daner will be elevated saturday through monday. it will be a beautiful night with mostly clear skies and patchy fog at the coast. on the satellite you can see mostly clear skies across california. highs tomorrow will be warm and in the 80s inland with 70s and 80s around the bay and 60s at the coast. sunday will also be war. cooler weather will return toward the middle of n

it gives the option to force mentally ill people into treatment if they can't care for themselves. senator scott wiener spearheaded it on a statewide level. >> we have a very robust conservatorship. it's called jail. our jails should not be the primary mental health providers. >> breed also launched an effort to increase the number of beds for the mentally ill from 7 to 14 and wants to add 40 more next year. >>> the city of oakland is celebrating the opening of the second rehousing facility. the building will offer formerly homeless people a clean, safe place to live as well as treatment and job placement services. >> up to 180 formerly unsheltered residents a year will get shelter services, care, support on their path to self-sufficiency in this beautiful historic julian morgan building. >> officials say the first residents will begin moving in sometime in early december. >>> san francisco voters will decide on a divisive ballot measure that would raise taxes on the city's largest companies to fund services for the homeless. one of the biggest proponents of proposition c is sales

those with mental illnesses and physical impairments have difficulty communicating with authorities, and some situations escalate. aleem maqbool has taken a comprehensive look at this issue for "our world." dome of the images you may f disturbing police break into the apartmenof a schizophrenic after a neighbor reported he had been having a breakdown and had been wondering outside his front door naked. >> we just want to make sure you are ok. aleem: when they find ngm, he is taki shower. what happens next is caught on one of the police body cameras, and it is very distressing. when adam doesn't respond to the commence shouted at him and splashes water at the police and he is given an electric shock. >>ou are going to get tased. ms[scr again, want to tase you brandon. aleem: adam, not brandon as they were shouting, screams desperately butets tased many more times. he is draed out of his apartment and injected with a sedative. moments later, he stops breathing and dies. >> he is not breathing anymore. >> where was the danger? to know that he suffered like that for no reason at all. int

the contra costa chapter of the national alliance on mental illness opposes the measure... ing it counterproductive and costly. "the winners will likely be the housing developers, not so much those living with mental health challenges. the money could be much better spent building appropriate housing if used on housing associated with treatment models."both supporters and opponents agree califoria's homelessness problems need fixing... but whether proposition 2 will serve as a solution will be decided by voters. tag (terisa) arnold schwarzenegger is opening up about his past mistreatment of women. back in 20-03, multiple women accused schwarzenegger of groping and humiliating them. that was during schwarzenegger's ultimately successful campaign for california governor. against the backdrop of the hash-tag-me-too movement... schwarzenegger spoke about the controversy in a recent interview with men's health saying quote... "looking back, i stepped over the line several times, and i was the first one to say sorry." he expressed remorse for his past behavior, and highlighted mea

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after the incident was over, was able to be told that she had a history of mental illness. didn't know that athe time. i couldn't understand what was going on at the time. one wantsy is that n to be involved in that moment wheret they have to poina weapon at another individual and pull the trigger. aleem: then why does it happen so often? so many people with disabilities killed by the police. are armedcerom and they members the public who are, too, often. the complaint for many around the country is that officers to often -- too often command and control, shouting orders and physically taking charge, especially when someone does not immediately comply. that can include the use of lethal force. the problem is, some people , as we have seen, just cannot comply. >> there is times when you couldn't touch adam. he g really -- >> withdrawn. it got excited. he had to understand that if you went there and used my 30 -- it just didn't work. aleem: aftereeks of trying, we managed to speak on the phone at least to the district attorney who ruled adam did not die as a result of the act

we must seize every opportunity to improve conditions of those suffering mental illness. i look forward working with you to make this program a successful and effective as possible. second, as the city moves forward implementation of s sb1045, the process of conserving individual begins involuntary hold. i want to thank supervisor stephanie for calling for a hearing on coordination of services for individuals suffering from substance abuse and mental health disorders. we need to know whether we currently use l.p.s. as efficiently and effectively. we need to understand why not. data shows last year they received 253 fewer referrals than in 2011. that is in 2011-2012 -- why are fewer individuals recommended for con -- i believe answering questions like these will improve our current importance to substance abuse. after the bla work is complete, we will be making are the full report available to members of the board and public. i will be requesting a hearing on the final report at that time and the rest i submit. >> thank you. supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank y

that -- that -- that scenario, whether it's vascular dementia or any other type of mental illness, that would just be the starting point. and the state isn't going to say that and has never said that -- justice sotomayor: all right. in panetti, the man understood that the -- that he was in jail, that the state was charging him with a crime, that it was going to put him to death. he believed they wouldn't, because of his delusions, ultimately succeed, but he understood perfectly well that set of facts. and we said that still qualified him. so we have a man here who knows that he's incarcerated or kept in a cage because he's in a bed, he can't move on his own, can't remember where the bathroom is next to him, can't see, slurs his words. he's really not quite there. but he knows that someone says he committed a murder and that they're trying to kill him, but he doesn't understand why. he can't be present enough in time to rationally understand or reflect on what he has done because he can't retain information for long. and why is that different than panetti? in panetti, the man was blaming

. >> reporter: on -- or guardian could be appointed for those who are mentally ill and i'm capable curren and out of the hospitals and in and out of the jail system. they are not getting healthy.>> reporter: the health department has identified 100 people who would qualify for this conservatorship. they would first have to go on a psychiatric hold eight times per year. >> these are the people that are sleeping in their own feces, yelling at cars in traffic.>> reporter: there was opposition. >> it criminalizes people who are mentally ill. >> if they're not willing to get help and are a danger to other people, what can we do? >> that is against the law. then the law should take over. >> san francisco needs this because people are dying on our streets. >> reporter: the governor signed a bill allowing three counties to try this. san francisco, la and san diego. the law goes into effect on january 1. back to you. coming up next, a fleet of floating classrooms. >>> we'll be right back with more news, weather and sports. you're watching kpix. for most kids.. getting to school m foot. but in floo