Psychiatric Social Worker with LAUSD school mental health services unit
Psychiatric Social Worker with LAUSD school mental health services unitPROFILE
Joshua Kaufman
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FROM Joshua Kaufman
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Depression in South LA Schools A survey of 6,000 kids at 7 of LA’s inner city high schools reveal symptoms of what professionals call “clinical depression” largely due to a fear of violence. It shows that the schools don’t provide a sense of belonging and that kids don’t think they’re getting the preparation they’re entitled to. A group called South Central Youth Empowered Thru Action deployed students to talk with each other.
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
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Ex-FBI Director Comey tells his side of the story Today, former FBI Director James Comey came close to calling the President who fired him a liar. The White House denied the claim and called it insulting, but Republican Senators did not challenge Comey’s truthfulness. Many questions remain: did the President try to obstruct a federal investigation? Later, we’ll go behind the “velvet rope” for a look at 5-Star health care for the richest Americans.