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A Message from the Acting Surgeon General of California
I’m honored, humbled, and excited to take the reins as the Acting Surgeon General of California at this crucial juncture. Over the last three years, as our Office’s inaugural Chief Health Officer, I’ve had the privilege to work alongside Dr. Nadine Burke Harris—a true...
Learn about ACEs & Toxic Stress at Number Story
Number Story is the first nationwide campaign on Adverse Childhood Experiences and Toxic Stress. Learn more and find resources for healing. https://youtu.be/5IqBQO2h2to
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris Talks Children’s Mental Health
“The thing that is most important for us as parents and caregivers is this: to be able to be there for our kids, we gotta take care of ourselves. Former California Surgeon General, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, joins Van to answer listener questions...
Child & Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) Public Webinar
On Tuesday, March 15, Communications Director Julie Rooney and Project Manager Kristen Kainer from the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) presented at the first Child & Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) public...
Behavioral Health Task Force Public Meeting
On Tuesday, March 8, Acting California Surgeon General Dr. Devika Bhushan participated as a State representative of the Behavioral Health Task Force public meeting, which solicited valuable stakeholder feedback on the Child and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, a $4.4 billion effort to expand prevention and treatment services for youth mental health.
Assembly Sub 1 Health and Human Services Hearing on Ending Poverty in California.
On Wednesday, February 23, Acting California Surgeon General, Dr. Devika Bhushan, testified before the Assembly Sub 1 Health and Human Services hearing on Ending Poverty in California.Her testimony focused on the connections among Adverse Childhood...
California’s First Surgeon General on Covid: ‘Greatest Collective Trauma’ of a Generation
When Dr. Nadine Burke Harris was first appointed California Surgeon General, she set out to address the toxic stress and trauma plaguing the state’s most vulnerable residents. Then the pandemic hit. Suddenly, she found herself having to guide millions through statewide shutdowns, and persuade scared, skeptical Californians to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and wear masks to prevent the virus’ spread.
Precision Medicine Advisory Council’s Public Winter Meeting
On Friday, February 18, Acting California Surgeon General, Dr. Devika Bhushan, participated in the California Precision Medicine Advisory Council’s public winter meeting. The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research launched the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine (CIAPM) in 2015 to support collaborative precision medicine research and foster partnerships between the state, researchers, patients, communities, and industry.
The Pandemic Has Taken a Big Toll on the Mental Health of Children
NPR’s A Martinez talks to California’s Surgeon General Nadine Burke Harris about children coping with adverse childhood experiences brought on by COVID, and what can be done to undo the damage.
COVID Is Driving a Children’s Mental Health Emergency
When COVID shut down life as usual in the spring of 2020, most physicians in the U.S. focused on the immediate physical dangers from the novel coronavirus. But soon pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris began thinking of COVID’s longer-term emotional damage and those who would be especially vulnerable: children. “The pandemic is a massive stressor,” explains Burke Harris, who is California’s surgeon general. “Then you have kids at home from school, economic hardship, and folks not being able to socialize.”
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