Tunes for Mental Health
Our Music and Arts Program Manager, Matt Wilczynski, curated three Spotify playlists for Mental Health Awareness Month to help people up-regulate, down-regulate, and stay in their cool zone when experiencing high stress situations. These playlists are available on Spotify. Download the app here, sit back, and let the music move you 🎶 ⭐ Music to […] More...Heroes Work Here
As an essential mental health services provider, our programs and facilities did not skip a beat when stay-at-home orders were implemented due to COVID-19. Our dedicated employees have continued to provide services for our clients throughout the pandemic, all while maintaining safety guidelines to protect the health of our clients and our own. Heroes Work […] More...New Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center Opens in the San Gabriel Valley
In the midst of a massive surge in demand for rapid mental health services due to the COVID pandemic, a new Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center in the San Gabriel Valley is now open to provide mental healthcare for Los Angeles County residents. Similar to an Urgent Care Center where individuals go for medical care […] More...The Season of Giving Comes to Star View TEAMMATES
This holiday season, Toys for Tots made a generous donation to Star View TEAMMATES. Staff members across Los Angeles County from TEAMMATES’ Family Preservation, Wraparound, Intensive Field Capable Clinical Services (IFCCS), Children Outreach Triage Team, and Outreach Triage Team (OTT) programs came to the Compton Center to assist with organization and distribution. Peer partners from […] More...Central Star Behavioral Health Operating Merced County's First 24/7 Youth Facility
The COVID-19 pandemic has immensely impacted the mental health of individuals of all ages. Before the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicated that depression and anxiety were on the rise in children ages 6 to 17. Studies have indicated that since lockdown orders were implemented, the disruption to daily life and self-isolation […] More...SBHG Expands to Orange County
Coastal Star, our company’s newest Orange County agency, has opened its first facility in the city of Orange. The Coastal Star Crisis Residential Central is a voluntary, 15-bed adult residential facility serving Orange County residents. The center provides a safe, home-like setting for adults (ages 18 and up) who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis, […] More...The Importance of Juneteenth
This year, Juneteenth is more meaningful than ever. We honor this day and celebrate at this time with care and concern for our Black employees, knowing you are experiencing incredible pain, anguish, and anger. And we do so in hope, that through the Black Lives Matter Movement, protests will bring meaningful and lasting change. These […] More...Anti-Racism and Discrimination Resources
This is a list of resources on how you can sustainably support the Black community through continuous self-education on anti-racism. Read Knowledge is power and reading a book is one of the most important tools in self-education. Books help us understand subjects we know little to nothing about. It is one of the many […] More...Standing Up to Racism and Discrimination
As May, Mental Health Awareness Month, draws to an end, SBHG leadership wants to comment on the racism and discrimination we have seen play out in recent horrible events. The killings of African Americans, George Floyd in Minneapolis, Ahmaud Arbery in South Georgia, Breonna Taylor in Louisville, and countless others—along with the acts of violence […] More...Will the Virus Inspire Us?
Will the virus inspire us? What lessons can the Mental Health system learn from the toxic stressors of the pandemic crisis? Resiliency is commonly defined as the ability to bounce back. Bouncing forward conveys the concept of post-traumatic growth—moving beyond a return to pre-pandemic normalcy to the discovery of greater strengths, insights and capabilities. How […] More...