May is Mental Health Awareness Month. To shed some light on this important issue, join host Ali Lightfoot for a 1 hour special, Getting Help – The State of Mental Health Care. In this program, we’ll look into the impact Laura’s Law has had on our mental healthcare system, explore advances in scientific research and treatment and look at the challenges of delivering and receiving care for those experiencing serious mental illness.

The Nevada County Mobile Crisis Team talks about what is being done in Nevada County to better integrate public health response with law enforcement.

Members of a local advocacy and support group – the National Alliance on Mental Illness or NAMI shares resources for families navigating a complicated mental healthcare system to get help for their loved ones. Lisa Dailey,  the executive director of the Treatment Advocacy Center talks about what is being done to improve state and federal civil commitment laws and Dr. Thomas Insel, a national leader in mental health research and policy talks about his work as special advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Mental Health Care in California.