Commentary | By Abbas Sedaghat | San Diego Union Tribune October 21, 2022 | Fair Use Reprint (Abbas) Sedaghat, M.D., is a retired professor of medicine with a 60-year career. His book “The Practice of Medicine in Three Continents: An…
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I gave a summary of the longer public comment below urging the Executive Board to: Form an Executive Board: Building a Better BHAB (BBB) Workgroup that focuses on the objectives, strategies, and tactical decisions addressing the overall BHAB’s duties and…
The following are documents and notes from the Building a Better BHAB (BBB) Workgroup formed and meeting during 2019-20 which this author, as chair of the workgroup, documented. These documents effectively outline how the BHAB could be reformed and refocused…
Three weeks ago, I wrote an email shown below to the person that we were told, in BHAB sub-committee and other meetings, would oversee the new community engagement work of the Behavioral Health Services (BHS) department. Three weeks later I…
The San Diego County Behavioral Health Services (BHS) can’t seem to help itself. When the state-mandated oversight body, the Behavioral Health Advisory Board, empowered by law to ensure abuses like this don’t get out of hand, is muzzled by the…
UPDATE: A September 22nd version of the plan including active hyperlinks was updated on the county website sometime thereafter, almost a full week after I notified the BHS, and is available for your review. UPDATE 10/5/2022: My original letter to…
UPDATE: A September 22nd version of the plan including active hyperlinks was updated on the county website sometime thereafter, almost a full week after I notified the BHS, and is available for your review. Hi Dr. Bergmann, It is beyond…
A letter to the current Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB): In today’s BHAB Director’s Report you will hear about a new $2.3m contract (County Contract #566007 signed in May 2022) about UCSD’s role leading our BHS community engagement efforts. You’ll…
This author is presenting a look and analysis into the Community Program Planning (CPP) process. California counties utilizing funding from the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) must also use the CPP to ensure consumer and other stakeholders are meaningfully engaged…
Board Retreat Public Comment (Extended)
This is my public comment to the BHAB Board Retreat participants in full. A summarized version was presented in order to meet the 3-minute limit. Hello Chair Stewart, Chair Fletcher, BHAB Members, Dr. Bergmann, and Staff This is an important…