A Year in Review: Mental Health at the State Capitol
2015 was a busy year for mental health policy in California. NAMI California was active in Sacramento, ensuring that the family and consumer voice was heard. Most notably, California will now have a statewide minimum standard for law enforcement training related to mental illness. NAMI California is grateful to all of its affiliates and members for their tireless advocacy in their communities and at the Capitol! Click here for NAMI California’s legislative recap.
NAMI California is going to Humboldt
Wednesday, October 28
9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Community Wellness Center
908 7th St.
Eureka, CA 95501
Join NAMI California and NAMI Humboldt for a NAMI SMARTS advocacy training and meeting with local county behavioral health department officials on Wednesday, October 28 — a great opportunity to sharpen your advocacy skills and share your experiences with your behavioral health department. RSVP to advocacy@namica.org.
Dr. Michael Gazzaniga, Professor of Psychology at UC Santa Barbara, Director of the Sage Center for the Study of the Mind and one of the founders of the field of cognitive neuroscience, will discuss his new book,Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience recounts his decades-long journey to understand how the separate spheres of our brains communicate and miscommunicate with their separate agendas.
Dr. Gazzaniga is the Director of UCSB’s SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind. He is also the president of the Cognitive Neuroscience Institute, the founding director of the MacArthur Foundation’s Law and Neuroscience Project and the Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, and a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Academy of Sciences. He received a Ph.D. in Psychobiology from the California Institute of Technology. He is the author of numerous books including The Social Brain, Mind Matters, Nature’s Mind, Who’s In Charge, and What Makes Us Human.
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