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"content": "\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>MAP: \u003ca href=\"#map\">Where to see fall foliage all around California\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>It’s an intense moment in time. And finding ways to take breaks — and to get safely outdoors — is more important than ever for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50949/suffering-from-nature-deficit-disorder-try-forest-bathing\">our collective health, both mental and physical\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With an ongoing pandemic and the ever-present threat of wildfires, it can be easy to forget about the changing of the seasons. But if you \u003cem>can\u003c/em> find time to get into nature right now, there’s a wealth of gorgeous fall colors out there in the Bay Area to see and explore, without having to drive all the way to the Eastern Sierra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We asked local experts who work to make the outdoors accessible and inclusive for all for their favorite spots around the Bay Area and beyond — places to enjoy fall foliage, bask in some autumnal vibes and generally find some much-needed solace in nature right now. Read on for their tips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"arts_13868460\"]And remember: As needed as outdoor air and exercise is for us all, there’s still a pandemic raging. Bring your mask and wear it whenever you’re indoors around other nature lovers even if you’re fully vaccinated, carry sanitizer if using public bathrooms and share the trails safely by making space for passers-by — to maintain social distancing. And if it’s a popular place, consider planning your visit to ensure you won’t run any risk of encountering a crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With most of Northern California still in extreme wildfire danger, it’s advisable to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834132/see-where-wildfires-are-burning-in-california\">check our map of where wildfires are burning\u003c/a> across the state before heading out on a longer trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#howto\">Skip to: How to find your own fall foliage spots\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11842420\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11842420 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/JOse-feet.png\" alt=\"The toes of a pair of shoes poke into a pile of dead leaves.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/JOse-feet.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/JOse-feet-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/JOse-feet-1020x680.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/JOse-feet-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/JOse-feet-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fall is the perfect time to get outdoors in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(José G. González)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elm Tunnel outside St. Helena, Napa County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ruemapp.com/\">Rue Mapp\u003c/a> is the founder and CEO of \u003ca href=\"https://outdoorafro.com/\">Outdoor Afro\u003c/a>, an Oakland-born organization that celebrates and inspires Black connections and leadership in nature nationally. She says Elm Tunnel is “one of my favorite places” to see fall foliage in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Driving through this North Bay spot “always helped me know what season we were in while headed to the family ranch,” Mapp says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>How to get there: Travel north just out of St. Helena on Highway 29.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hayward Regional Shoreline, Alameda County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11830597\"]Francis Mendoza is a naturalist and park ranger with the East Bay Regional Parks District, and says this local stretch of marshes and seasonal wetlands is one of his favorite places to see the changing seasons in action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why? Look for its “swaths of pickleweed that turn red, rivaling eastern forests in its changing foliage,” Mendoza advises — and migrating shorebirds, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/hayward/\">\u003cem>How to get to Hayward Regional Shoreline\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11842373\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11842373 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/6937439237_b998d49f26_k.png\" alt=\"Brown, grassy hillsides under blue skies.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/6937439237_b998d49f26_k.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/6937439237_b998d49f26_k-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/6937439237_b998d49f26_k-1020x680.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/6937439237_b998d49f26_k-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/6937439237_b998d49f26_k-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden spaces in Rancho San Antonio County Park and Open Space Preserve \u003ccite>(Samuel Jacob/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rancho San Antonio Preserve, Santa Clara County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>José González is the founder of Latino Outdoors, which aims to inspire, connect and engage Latino communities in the outdoors. For foliage hunting in the South Bay, he particularly recommends this colorful spot in the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rancho San Antonio also offers a visit to \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/what-to-do/education/deer-hollow-farm\">Deer Hollow Farm\u003c/a>, a working farm with historic buildings and farmyard animals that was closed during the first months of the pandemic, but now has reopened. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/what-to-do/education/deer-hollow-farm\">See Deer Hollow Farm’s opening hours.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/rancho-san-antonio\">\u003cem>How to get to Rancho San Antonio Preserve\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Marin County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=\"mindshift_50949\"]\u003c/span>Mt. Tam is an all-year-round treasure, but it shines in the mild, cool season of fall, says Cori Coccia, program director at GirlVentures, a Bay Area nonprofit that combines outdoor adventure with social-emotional learning for female-identified youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coccia particularly recommends the Matt Davis Trail along the west side for its “gorgeous ocean views and the beautiful oak, madrone and Bay laurel forests along Rock Springs trail.” Just be careful, she says, of another plant that pops with “vibrant red color amidst all the green”: poison oak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471\">\u003cem>How to get to Mt. Tamalpais State Park\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11842416\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11842416 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Tam-OAP.png\" alt=\"The sun sets over the ocean from a steep hillside.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Tam-OAP.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Tam-OAP-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Tam-OAP-1020x680.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Tam-OAP-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Tam-OAP-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mt. Tamalpais at sunset \u003ccite>(Olivia Allen-Price/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Teresa Blvd. and Monterey Rd., San San José\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, you don’t even have to get out of the car to appreciate some fall foliage — and if wildfire smoke is making it unhealthy to be outside, a driving tour is a good way to at least escape the house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latino Outdoors founder José González recommends a “fun” drive south down Santa Teresa Blvd. in San San José, leading onto Monterey Rd., to see some autumnal hues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Santa+Teresa+Blvd,+California/Monterey+Road,+California/@37.131011,-121.71189,12z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808e2fc67fd8da0b:0x3cbd1a3b9aac27ff!2m2!1d-121.7804165!2d37.228898!1m5!1m1!1s0x8091e37287fd319f:0xd93fa759a4171ca2!2m2!1d-121.6893628!2d37.1678517!3e0\">\u003cem>How to get to Santa Teresa Blvd. and Monterey Rd. \u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>(link opens Google Maps)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Park, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11835324\"]When it comes to fall sights, GirlVentures’s Cori Coccia hails Golden Gate Park as an often-overlooked gem right under San Francisco’s nose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coccia says the park “offers everything from misty redwood groves, to lakes with turtles in them, to the biodiversity of every continent thriving in the botanical garden.” Just make sure to still maintain social distancing on popular days, especially weekends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://goldengatepark.com/\">\u003cem>How to get to Golden Gate Park\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"howto\">\u003c/a>How to find your own fall foliage gem\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Relying on expert recommendations is one thing. But what if the spots you want to visit are just too crowded right now — or you want to strike out and discover your own havens for fall foliage?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that’s you, Latino Outdoors founder José González has two big recommendations: think about the types of trees that are likely to deliver you a riot of beautiful autumnal color, then consider locations in which you could see them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11842421\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11842421 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/jose-selfie.png\" alt=\"A smiling man wearing sunglasses squats in fallen leaves.\" width=\"1900\" height=\"2906\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/jose-selfie.png 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/jose-selfie-800x1224.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/jose-selfie-1020x1560.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/jose-selfie-160x245.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/jose-selfie-1004x1536.png 1004w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/jose-selfie-1339x2048.png 1339w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">José González from Latino Outdoors \u003ccite>(José González)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To start with the trees themselves, ginkgos are a great bet for colorful branches, González says, and they can be found in many neighborhoods. “Their yellow pop, much like aspens in the Sierra, are noticeable,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for locations, for a variety of non-native trees your best options might be in arboretums and on college campuses, González advises. But you might also consider trying to find them in particular neighborhoods within your city, “if you’re up for a fun urban hike.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Otherwise, you need to look for locations that provide variability like riparian zones [like creeks], and that experience temperature variation, like an actual winter,” González says — so think: gains in elevation. This, he says, is why he likes to take a look at what the Bay Area Ridge Trail offers in terms of foliage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if it’s safe to visit wine country, i.e. wildfire isn’t a current threat? 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>MAP: \u003ca href=\"#map\">Where to see fall foliage all around California\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>It’s an intense moment in time. And finding ways to take breaks — and to get safely outdoors — is more important than ever for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50949/suffering-from-nature-deficit-disorder-try-forest-bathing\">our collective health, both mental and physical\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With an ongoing pandemic and the ever-present threat of wildfires, it can be easy to forget about the changing of the seasons. But if you \u003cem>can\u003c/em> find time to get into nature right now, there’s a wealth of gorgeous fall colors out there in the Bay Area to see and explore, without having to drive all the way to the Eastern Sierra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We asked local experts who work to make the outdoors accessible and inclusive for all for their favorite spots around the Bay Area and beyond — places to enjoy fall foliage, bask in some autumnal vibes and generally find some much-needed solace in nature right now. Read on for their tips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>And remember: As needed as outdoor air and exercise is for us all, there’s still a pandemic raging. Bring your mask and wear it whenever you’re indoors around other nature lovers even if you’re fully vaccinated, carry sanitizer if using public bathrooms and share the trails safely by making space for passers-by — to maintain social distancing. And if it’s a popular place, consider planning your visit to ensure you won’t run any risk of encountering a crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With most of Northern California still in extreme wildfire danger, it’s advisable to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834132/see-where-wildfires-are-burning-in-california\">check our map of where wildfires are burning\u003c/a> across the state before heading out on a longer trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#howto\">Skip to: How to find your own fall foliage spots\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11842420\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11842420 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/JOse-feet.png\" alt=\"The toes of a pair of shoes poke into a pile of dead leaves.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/JOse-feet.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/JOse-feet-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/JOse-feet-1020x680.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/JOse-feet-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/JOse-feet-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fall is the perfect time to get outdoors in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(José G. González)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elm Tunnel outside St. Helena, Napa County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ruemapp.com/\">Rue Mapp\u003c/a> is the founder and CEO of \u003ca href=\"https://outdoorafro.com/\">Outdoor Afro\u003c/a>, an Oakland-born organization that celebrates and inspires Black connections and leadership in nature nationally. She says Elm Tunnel is “one of my favorite places” to see fall foliage in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Driving through this North Bay spot “always helped me know what season we were in while headed to the family ranch,” Mapp says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>How to get there: Travel north just out of St. Helena on Highway 29.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hayward Regional Shoreline, Alameda County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Francis Mendoza is a naturalist and park ranger with the East Bay Regional Parks District, and says this local stretch of marshes and seasonal wetlands is one of his favorite places to see the changing seasons in action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why? Look for its “swaths of pickleweed that turn red, rivaling eastern forests in its changing foliage,” Mendoza advises — and migrating shorebirds, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/hayward/\">\u003cem>How to get to Hayward Regional Shoreline\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11842373\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11842373 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/6937439237_b998d49f26_k.png\" alt=\"Brown, grassy hillsides under blue skies.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/6937439237_b998d49f26_k.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/6937439237_b998d49f26_k-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/6937439237_b998d49f26_k-1020x680.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/6937439237_b998d49f26_k-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/6937439237_b998d49f26_k-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden spaces in Rancho San Antonio County Park and Open Space Preserve \u003ccite>(Samuel Jacob/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rancho San Antonio Preserve, Santa Clara County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>José González is the founder of Latino Outdoors, which aims to inspire, connect and engage Latino communities in the outdoors. For foliage hunting in the South Bay, he particularly recommends this colorful spot in the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rancho San Antonio also offers a visit to \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/what-to-do/education/deer-hollow-farm\">Deer Hollow Farm\u003c/a>, a working farm with historic buildings and farmyard animals that was closed during the first months of the pandemic, but now has reopened. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/what-to-do/education/deer-hollow-farm\">See Deer Hollow Farm’s opening hours.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/rancho-san-antonio\">\u003cem>How to get to Rancho San Antonio Preserve\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Marin County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>Mt. Tam is an all-year-round treasure, but it shines in the mild, cool season of fall, says Cori Coccia, program director at GirlVentures, a Bay Area nonprofit that combines outdoor adventure with social-emotional learning for female-identified youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coccia particularly recommends the Matt Davis Trail along the west side for its “gorgeous ocean views and the beautiful oak, madrone and Bay laurel forests along Rock Springs trail.” Just be careful, she says, of another plant that pops with “vibrant red color amidst all the green”: poison oak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471\">\u003cem>How to get to Mt. Tamalpais State Park\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11842416\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11842416 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Tam-OAP.png\" alt=\"The sun sets over the ocean from a steep hillside.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Tam-OAP.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Tam-OAP-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Tam-OAP-1020x680.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Tam-OAP-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Tam-OAP-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mt. Tamalpais at sunset \u003ccite>(Olivia Allen-Price/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Teresa Blvd. and Monterey Rd., San San José\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, you don’t even have to get out of the car to appreciate some fall foliage — and if wildfire smoke is making it unhealthy to be outside, a driving tour is a good way to at least escape the house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latino Outdoors founder José González recommends a “fun” drive south down Santa Teresa Blvd. in San San José, leading onto Monterey Rd., to see some autumnal hues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Santa+Teresa+Blvd,+California/Monterey+Road,+California/@37.131011,-121.71189,12z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808e2fc67fd8da0b:0x3cbd1a3b9aac27ff!2m2!1d-121.7804165!2d37.228898!1m5!1m1!1s0x8091e37287fd319f:0xd93fa759a4171ca2!2m2!1d-121.6893628!2d37.1678517!3e0\">\u003cem>How to get to Santa Teresa Blvd. and Monterey Rd. \u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>(link opens Google Maps)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Park, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"howto\">\u003c/a>How to find your own fall foliage gem\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Relying on expert recommendations is one thing. But what if the spots you want to visit are just too crowded right now — or you want to strike out and discover your own havens for fall foliage?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that’s you, Latino Outdoors founder José González has two big recommendations: think about the types of trees that are likely to deliver you a riot of beautiful autumnal color, then consider locations in which you could see them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11842421\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11842421 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/jose-selfie.png\" alt=\"A smiling man wearing sunglasses squats in fallen leaves.\" width=\"1900\" height=\"2906\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/jose-selfie.png 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/jose-selfie-800x1224.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/jose-selfie-1020x1560.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/jose-selfie-160x245.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/jose-selfie-1004x1536.png 1004w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/jose-selfie-1339x2048.png 1339w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">José González from Latino Outdoors \u003ccite>(José González)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To start with the trees themselves, ginkgos are a great bet for colorful branches, González says, and they can be found in many neighborhoods. “Their yellow pop, much like aspens in the Sierra, are noticeable,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for locations, for a variety of non-native trees your best options might be in arboretums and on college campuses, González advises. But you might also consider trying to find them in particular neighborhoods within your city, “if you’re up for a fun urban hike.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Otherwise, you need to look for locations that provide variability like riparian zones [like creeks], and that experience temperature variation, like an actual winter,” González says — so think: gains in elevation. This, he says, is why he likes to take a look at what the Bay Area Ridge Trail offers in terms of foliage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if it’s safe to visit wine country, i.e. wildfire isn’t a current threat? González reminds you that several vineyards can really “pop with color” at this time of year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"map\">\u003c/a>Fall foliage around California\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiafallcolor.com/\">California Fall Color \u003c/a>project (which bears the tagline “Dude, autumn happens here too”) offers not only peak foliage dates and photos online, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiafallcolor.com/map/\">a crowdsourced California Fall Color map\u003c/a> that shows the spots where fall foliage can be glimpsed \u003cem>right\u003c/em> \u003cem>now \u003c/em>— and where it’s about to peak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a look:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ciframe\n src='https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=12FSQxbVe9CedswOvJaWaeI5vvYU&w=800&h=600'\n title='https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=12FSQxbVe9CedswOvJaWaeI5vvYU&w=800&h=600'\n width='800'\n height='600'\n scrolling='no'\n frameborder='no'>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated for 2021.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Last winter, Jada Ross had “40 reasons to wake up in the morning.” The college sophomore would wipe sleep from her eyes, knowing she could look forward to a discussion in her African and Caribbean Literatures class. She knew she could count on seeing her co-workers at the campus IT department where she worked or the energetic middle school students she mentored in an after-school program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had struggled with mental health before the pandemic started,” Ross said. “So I literally had all of these systems set in place so I felt motivated to get up in the morning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes she was tired and it would take an extra push, like from her blue nose pitbull pawing her face, forcing her up for their morning walk. He lived with her as her emotional support animal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But like most people, the tightly woven fabric of Ross’s days began fraying as the coronavirus pandemic burgeoned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The virus put a halt to her jobs at both the middle school and the Mills College IT department. Ross said she felt too anxious about COVID-19 to continue her side job as a driver for DoorDash. Her beloved dog died in February and, on top of it all, she was going through a break up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With COVID, it was like everything was amplified times ten,” Ross said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jada Ross, Mills College student\"]‘I cried for days. I felt like I was at rock bottom, like my lowest point ever.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She is not alone. College presents a host of new challenges for young people: demanding academics with steep competition, discovering new aspects of one’s identity and often living independently for the first time. There’s been an \u003ca href=\"https://news.psu.edu/story/554203/2019/01/16/academics/annual-collegiate-mental-health-report-examines-trends-and-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">uptick in mental health conditions like anxiety and depression\u003c/a> in \u003ca href=\"https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/01/gen-z#:~:text=They%20are%20also%20more%20likely,15%20percent%20of%20older%20adults.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">college students\u003c/a> over the past several years, and the pandemic is adding yet another layer of challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/80k5d5hw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A recent survey of tens of thousands of students\u003c/a> showed significant jumps in undergraduate and graduate students who screened positive for both depression and anxiety during the pandemic as compared to rates measured before the pandemic. While screening positively for these mental health conditions is not the same as actually having them, survey authors said the findings were “unprecedented.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By mid-March, Ross said the dizzying line-up of challenges felt like too much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I cried for days,” Ross said. “I felt like I was at rock bottom, like my lowest point ever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, Ross approached one of the resident assistants in her dorm, asking them to take her to the hospital. She said she was admitted to the Fremont Hospital psychiatric unit, where she stayed for two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere on the Mills College campus, junior Alondra Rios also faced tests of her resilience. After leaving campus to move back in with family in Los Angeles, she found it easier to slip into depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the things that I’ve had to deal with has been learning to sit with my thoughts,” Rios said, who grappled with anxiety even before the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At University of California, Riverside, junior Marissa Howdershelt, who uses they/them pronouns, felt similarly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“About a month into it, I definitely started slipping into a depression,” they said. “Being removed from my campus community was a shock.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the pandemic, Howdershelt would spend most of their days on campus, involved in student groups and serving on the Collegiate Mental Health Innovation Council for the nonprofit Mental Health America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the pandemic shut down most college campuses, they found it much harder to suddenly spend their days on Zoom, at home, where they felt they could be their “most genuine self” in terms of gender identity and sexuality.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Campuses Respond\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Leaders of counseling and psychological services at California’s colleges and universities say they are up against many hurdles, too. Getting the word out about services must now happen online for the most part. Some students who are able to access services nevertheless lack a private space where they can speak candidly with a counselor. It is harder to offer traditional one-on-one or group counseling to out-of-state students, as state licensing laws largely do not permit work across state lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counselors are seeing a lot of the same challenges they typically see, like anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship stressors, only amplified, said Aviva Wilcox, assistant vice president of counseling, health and wellness at Mills College.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"David Atash, University of Southern California student\"]‘You throw 30 things at the wall and the two things that stick could really help.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many stressors go beyond the pandemic, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For example, our Black students on campus have been impacted by anti-Blackness long before there was increased national attention to anti-Blackness and the movement for Black lives. But there’s an increased intensity,” Wilcox said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, colleges and universities are trying to get creative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>University counseling staff are looking for new ways to inform students of resources available to them, including popping into zoom lectures to let students know about counseling and workshops, or asking professors to embed information about campus mental health services in their syllabi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For in-state students who choose to access remote counseling, there have been some unexpected advantages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Before the pandemic, we saw a lot of disparity among students,” said Laura Horne, chief program officer at Active Minds, a nonprofit that focuses on mental health in young adults. “LGBTQ students, students of color are less likely to get the help that they need for mental health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said much of this can be attributed to the fact that the field has struggled to innovate beyond in-person therapy, which can be intimidating to students who have never engaged in this before. Affordable and culturally sensitive mental health care \u003ca href=\"https://www.mhanational.org/issues/black-and-african-american-communities-and-mental-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can often be less available to Black students\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Virtual therapy, I think, is an example of how we can get a little bit more innovative and meet students where they are and make it a little bit easier for them to try it without feeling like they have to commit right away,” Horne said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"mental-health\" label=\"related stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lea Jarnagin, interim director for student wellness and basic needs initiatives for the California State University (CSU) system, said some CSUs are offering workshops that are specifically geared towards addressing the uncertainty of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jarnagin says the CSUs have partnered with a few local public health departments in recent years around student mental health, and that “this pandemic has really provided an opportunity to expand those partnerships.” The hope is that university staff can facilitate a “warm hand off” between the university and community based organizations when the university cannot provide services students need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counseling staff are finding nontraditional ways to serve out-of-state students, too, since they cannot legally offer them ongoing individual or group therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barbara Thomas, senior director of counseling and psychological services at the University of San Francisco (USF), said her team has developed mental health workshops to help out-of-state students, of which there are roughly 1500 at her university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not making these people a client,” she said, as someone would be considered if they were accessing therapy sessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This allows the team to provide offerings like “Mindful Monday” or “Anxiety Tool Box,” to any students who are interested, regardless of their location. USF has tripled the number of such workshops this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas said her staff has also expanded what she calls “consultation services,” in which they help recommend local counseling services for out-of-state students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you were residing in Iowa, you could call us and we could help you determine, given your insurance, what are local resources,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Students Find Their Own Solutions\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In recent months, Rios, now a senior at Mills, identified key practices to keep her afloat in a time characterized by change. She sought out on-campus therapy, committed to working out virtually with her soccer teammates each morning, and got comfortable with solo dance parties in her dorm room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11841732\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11841732\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45260_rios_soccer_edited-qut-800x449.jpg\" alt=\"Before the pandemic, Alondra Rios (center, with ball) played soccer for Mills College. While she can no longer do that in person, she wakes up most mornings to work out with her teammates virtually.\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45260_rios_soccer_edited-qut-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45260_rios_soccer_edited-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45260_rios_soccer_edited-qut.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before the pandemic, Alondra Rios (center, with ball) played soccer for Mills College. While she can no longer do that in person, she wakes up most mornings to work out with her teammates virtually. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Alondra Rios)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Howdershelt, now a senior at UC Riverside, is getting engaged in the community beyond campus, helping to set up food donations in low-income neighborhoods. They also found solace in “cleansing” their social media accounts: unfollowing the people or groups that gave them anxiety and following others that focus on mental health and mindfulness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Ross returned to campus after being hospitalized, the pressure didn’t let up much. Her time away meant she had a backlog of school work. And housing became a huge stress — she spent time in on-campus emergency housing until advisors and mentors helped her set up a gofundme campaign to collect money for rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the killing of George Floyd, she leapt into the movement for racial justice. “Obviously I want to be a part of that,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it took a toll, too. “Just the weight of even participating in that really hit me,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get back on her feet, she said, “I was just like, wow, I really have to tap into myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She started with routine, hanging a whiteboard in her dorm room to help maintain her schedule. On it, she scrawls reminders: eat three times a day, practice gratitude, do your homework assignments. She plans socially distanced meet-ups with friends, she goes to therapy at school and she takes regular walks through Mills College’s leafy campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s also found alternative forms of activism, becoming a representative of the Black Student Collective where she advocates for more annual therapy sessions for BIPOC students (Mills students are currently offered eight individual therapy sessions a year).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I wake up in the morning, I set a routine for myself,” Ross said. “But if I get to a really low point, none of that gets done, you know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When this happens, Ross said, she’s learning to ask for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On particularly hard days, she has another reason to get up too: a new blue nose pitbull, licking her face, goading her for a walk. She’s named him Blue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11841730\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11841730\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Jada Ross with her dog Blue. "He's just very attention seeking. And I need that sometimes," Ross said.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-1472x1472.jpg 1472w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-1104x1104.jpg 1104w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-912x912.jpg 912w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-550x550.jpg 550w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-470x470.jpg 470w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jada Ross with her dog Blue. “He’s just very attention seeking. And I need that sometimes,” Ross said. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jada Ross)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>A Few More Ideas for How to Get Help\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke with many students across California, from a range of colleges and universities, to hear about how they are taking care of themselves. Luckily, even during a pandemic, a movement for racial justice and a turbulent election year, there are many ways to get help. Here are some of their approaches, in addition to tips we heard from mental health staff at universities, colleges and nonprofits that work with young adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students can reach out to counseling services on campus to see what they are offering — there may be more and different options than previously available. On some campuses, faculty are playing a greater role than usual, and some students report chatting with their professors not only about their academics, but their wellbeing overall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>University of Southern California junior David Atash said it’s clear different things work for different people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You throw 30 things at the wall and the two things that stick could really help,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he meditates briefly each morning and goes on long walks near campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11841731\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11841731\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45259_Atash_hiking_edited-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"University of Southern California student David Atash says walking helps him manage his anxiety.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45259_Atash_hiking_edited-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45259_Atash_hiking_edited-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45259_Atash_hiking_edited-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45259_Atash_hiking_edited-qut-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45259_Atash_hiking_edited-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">University of Southern California student David Atash says walking helps him manage his anxiety. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of David Atash)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amrita Bhasin, a sophomore at UC Berkeley, has started doing digital art and drawing on her iPad. If she wants to relax, she’s also found comfort in watching movies, which she said helps her avoid spending excessive time on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a starting and ending time, versus if I go in TikTok, there’s no ending point,” she said. “There is physically no ending point on social media.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Occidental College junior Liz Frissell said she’s getting through by moving her laptop outside for some of her online classes and meetings. She schedules time to connect with friends online through Facetime, games, and Netflix parties, where watchers can synchronize media with friends and chat at the same time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>USF’s Thomas says there is no one-size-fits-all approach to self care. In fact, really exploring what works for you can be overwhelming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I talk a lot about baby steps,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She advises students to add one change, then see how that works before trying another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One unexpected outcome of the pandemic, said Active Minds’ Horne, is \u003ca href=\"https://healthymindsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Healthy_Minds_NCHA_COVID_Survey_Report_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resilience\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Often when we talk about young adults I think we all worry about them,” Horne said. “We worry about how they’re adapting to social media and these other large societal issues that are new for humans, much less for this generation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But we do see tremendous resilience among students,” Horne continued. “One of the things that really surprised us in looking at our data from students and what they were experiencing during the pandemic is just how optimistic and hopeful they remain, despite all the challenges that we are all experiencing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources and Suggestions\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some suggestions from mental health professionals and students:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Reach out to others, schedule connection time virtually or safely in person\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Seek support from family or peers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Start or continue individual or group therapy virtually (\u003ca href=\"https://www.activeminds.org/blog/teletherapy-during-stay-at-home-orders/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a> are some pointers if it’s hard to find private space where you live)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Explore resources from nonprofits that completely or partially focus on mental health in young adults: \u003ca href=\"https://www.activeminds.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Active Minds\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mhanational.org/life-campus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mental Health America\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.jedfoundation.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The JED Foundation\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Increase the amount you sleep\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Adjust your diet, even slightly, towards healthier foods\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Decrease substance use\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Improve screen time\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Give your social media a “cleanse” — how can you follow more positive accounts and unfollow ones that cause anxiety or depression?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Avoid scrolling and instead relax with something with a clear endpoint, like a movie.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Limit news consumption\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Start a journal or continue journaling\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Practice \u003ca href=\"https://www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/uz2255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">breathing exercises \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Meditate\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Exercise\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Listen to music\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dance\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Get out into green or outdoor spaces\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Garden\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Spend time with your pet/get a pet\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Make art\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Use technology to help you, such as apps like \u003ca href=\"https://www.stopbreathethink.com/meditations/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stop, Breathe and Think\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lea Jarnagin, interim director for student wellness and basic needs initiatives for the California State University (CSU) system, said some CSUs are offering workshops that are specifically geared towards addressing the uncertainty of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jarnagin says the CSUs have partnered with a few local public health departments in recent years around student mental health, and that “this pandemic has really provided an opportunity to expand those partnerships.” The hope is that university staff can facilitate a “warm hand off” between the university and community based organizations when the university cannot provide services students need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counseling staff are finding nontraditional ways to serve out-of-state students, too, since they cannot legally offer them ongoing individual or group therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barbara Thomas, senior director of counseling and psychological services at the University of San Francisco (USF), said her team has developed mental health workshops to help out-of-state students, of which there are roughly 1500 at her university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not making these people a client,” she said, as someone would be considered if they were accessing therapy sessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This allows the team to provide offerings like “Mindful Monday” or “Anxiety Tool Box,” to any students who are interested, regardless of their location. USF has tripled the number of such workshops this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas said her staff has also expanded what she calls “consultation services,” in which they help recommend local counseling services for out-of-state students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you were residing in Iowa, you could call us and we could help you determine, given your insurance, what are local resources,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Students Find Their Own Solutions\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In recent months, Rios, now a senior at Mills, identified key practices to keep her afloat in a time characterized by change. She sought out on-campus therapy, committed to working out virtually with her soccer teammates each morning, and got comfortable with solo dance parties in her dorm room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11841732\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11841732\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45260_rios_soccer_edited-qut-800x449.jpg\" alt=\"Before the pandemic, Alondra Rios (center, with ball) played soccer for Mills College. While she can no longer do that in person, she wakes up most mornings to work out with her teammates virtually.\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45260_rios_soccer_edited-qut-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45260_rios_soccer_edited-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45260_rios_soccer_edited-qut.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before the pandemic, Alondra Rios (center, with ball) played soccer for Mills College. While she can no longer do that in person, she wakes up most mornings to work out with her teammates virtually. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Alondra Rios)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Howdershelt, now a senior at UC Riverside, is getting engaged in the community beyond campus, helping to set up food donations in low-income neighborhoods. They also found solace in “cleansing” their social media accounts: unfollowing the people or groups that gave them anxiety and following others that focus on mental health and mindfulness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Ross returned to campus after being hospitalized, the pressure didn’t let up much. Her time away meant she had a backlog of school work. And housing became a huge stress — she spent time in on-campus emergency housing until advisors and mentors helped her set up a gofundme campaign to collect money for rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the killing of George Floyd, she leapt into the movement for racial justice. “Obviously I want to be a part of that,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it took a toll, too. “Just the weight of even participating in that really hit me,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get back on her feet, she said, “I was just like, wow, I really have to tap into myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She started with routine, hanging a whiteboard in her dorm room to help maintain her schedule. On it, she scrawls reminders: eat three times a day, practice gratitude, do your homework assignments. She plans socially distanced meet-ups with friends, she goes to therapy at school and she takes regular walks through Mills College’s leafy campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s also found alternative forms of activism, becoming a representative of the Black Student Collective where she advocates for more annual therapy sessions for BIPOC students (Mills students are currently offered eight individual therapy sessions a year).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I wake up in the morning, I set a routine for myself,” Ross said. “But if I get to a really low point, none of that gets done, you know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When this happens, Ross said, she’s learning to ask for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On particularly hard days, she has another reason to get up too: a new blue nose pitbull, licking her face, goading her for a walk. She’s named him Blue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11841730\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11841730\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Jada Ross with her dog Blue. "He's just very attention seeking. And I need that sometimes," Ross said.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-1472x1472.jpg 1472w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-1104x1104.jpg 1104w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-912x912.jpg 912w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-550x550.jpg 550w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut-470x470.jpg 470w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45258_Ross_dog_edited-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jada Ross with her dog Blue. “He’s just very attention seeking. And I need that sometimes,” Ross said. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jada Ross)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>A Few More Ideas for How to Get Help\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke with many students across California, from a range of colleges and universities, to hear about how they are taking care of themselves. Luckily, even during a pandemic, a movement for racial justice and a turbulent election year, there are many ways to get help. Here are some of their approaches, in addition to tips we heard from mental health staff at universities, colleges and nonprofits that work with young adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students can reach out to counseling services on campus to see what they are offering — there may be more and different options than previously available. On some campuses, faculty are playing a greater role than usual, and some students report chatting with their professors not only about their academics, but their wellbeing overall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>University of Southern California junior David Atash said it’s clear different things work for different people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You throw 30 things at the wall and the two things that stick could really help,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he meditates briefly each morning and goes on long walks near campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11841731\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11841731\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45259_Atash_hiking_edited-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"University of Southern California student David Atash says walking helps him manage his anxiety.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45259_Atash_hiking_edited-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45259_Atash_hiking_edited-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45259_Atash_hiking_edited-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45259_Atash_hiking_edited-qut-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45259_Atash_hiking_edited-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">University of Southern California student David Atash says walking helps him manage his anxiety. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of David Atash)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amrita Bhasin, a sophomore at UC Berkeley, has started doing digital art and drawing on her iPad. If she wants to relax, she’s also found comfort in watching movies, which she said helps her avoid spending excessive time on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a starting and ending time, versus if I go in TikTok, there’s no ending point,” she said. “There is physically no ending point on social media.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Occidental College junior Liz Frissell said she’s getting through by moving her laptop outside for some of her online classes and meetings. She schedules time to connect with friends online through Facetime, games, and Netflix parties, where watchers can synchronize media with friends and chat at the same time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>USF’s Thomas says there is no one-size-fits-all approach to self care. In fact, really exploring what works for you can be overwhelming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I talk a lot about baby steps,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She advises students to add one change, then see how that works before trying another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One unexpected outcome of the pandemic, said Active Minds’ Horne, is \u003ca href=\"https://healthymindsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Healthy_Minds_NCHA_COVID_Survey_Report_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resilience\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Often when we talk about young adults I think we all worry about them,” Horne said. “We worry about how they’re adapting to social media and these other large societal issues that are new for humans, much less for this generation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But we do see tremendous resilience among students,” Horne continued. “One of the things that really surprised us in looking at our data from students and what they were experiencing during the pandemic is just how optimistic and hopeful they remain, despite all the challenges that we are all experiencing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources and Suggestions\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On April 18, San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/15/san-leandro-police-officer-charged-with-steven-taylors-death-appears-in-court/\">shot and killed\u003c/a> 33-year-old Steven Taylor, who was carrying a baseball bat around a local Walmart. The lawyer for Taylor's family says he lived with schizophrenia and bipolar depression and was mentally unwell the day he died. Taylor’s encounter with police lasted 40 seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As nationwide debate grows over racial bias in cases of police violence, mental health advocates around the country are calling attention to police killings of people suffering from mental illnesses. \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/\">A report by the Washington Post\u003c/a>, which has been tracking police use of deadly force since 2015, found that at least 25% of people shot and killed by police displayed signs of mental illness. It also found that people who are experiencing mental illness or a disability are 16 times more likely to die during an encounter with police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"mental-health\" label=\"related coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who are in an altered mental state may interact with police differently, and many police departments \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/10/how-police-officers-are-or-aren-t-trained-in-mental-health/280485/\">do not provide sufficient training\u003c/a> on how to respectfully and safely interact with people in crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cat Brooks, co-founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project, says police often escalate situations, as happened with Steven Taylor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What should have happened is that officer Fletcher should have cleared the Walmart, and then he should have allowed Steven Taylor to run around with that bat as long as he wanted to run around with that bat, and they should have called in a mental health professional who knew how to talk to someone in Stevens’ condition,\" Brooks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brooks and her APTP co-founder, Asantewaa Boykin, are advocating for community-based resources to help people who are experiencing altered mental states — regardless of whether that is caused by mental illness or substance use.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Mental Health First\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>This summer, APTP launched \u003ca href=\"https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/new-events/mh-first-062720\">Mental Health First Oakland\u003c/a>, a mobile crisis response unit that provides assistance and resources, and puts callers' needs first. Brooks says the program is based on a culture of solidarity and mutual aid that already exists in communities of color as a result of police brutality and harassment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Asantewaa Boykin, a Sacramento-based ER nurse and co-founder of APTP\"]'Our framework doesn’t swoop in and tell people what they need or how they need it, we call it self-determined crisis management.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's work that Black and brown and Indigenous people were already doing naturally in our communities because so many of us don’t call the police for anything ever,” Brooks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hotline is staffed on Friday and Saturday nights when other mental health services typically aren’t available. Volunteers are trained in non-punitive deescalation techniques based on consent. Boykin is a Sacramento-based ER nurse and has previously worked with psychiatric patients. She says the primary goal of Mental Health First is to mitigate the immediate crisis and help people decide their own next step.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our framework doesn’t swoop in and tell people what they need or how they need it, we call it self-determined crisis management. Things as simple as getting people from a place where they feel unsafe, to a place where they feel safe,\" Boykin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mental Health First operates with the understanding that people in crisis often know what they need, but may not have the resources to access it. It is one of many community-based programs in place across the country that is seeking to transform public perception of mental illness and the mental health care system as a whole.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Searching for Solutions\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Ideas around mental health services centered around patient needs and consent are gaining momentum as the high-profile police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others burst into the national conversation this year, forcing organizations and public institutions to examine the ways many of our systems don’t serve and protect everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.idha-nyc.org/decarcerating-care\">panel discussion\u003c/a> hosted by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.idha-nyc.org/who-is-idha\">Institute for the Development of Human Arts\u003c/a>, which provides training and resources for shifting policy and practice in mental health care, experts from all over the country shared strategies and successes around eliminating law enforcement from crisis care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Asantewaa Boykin, a Sacramento-based ER nurse and co-founder of APTP\"]'Understand that these systems were built for white land-owning males, and what we’re gonna have to do is deconstruct them and rebuild them absent from the roots that are steeped in white supremacy.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traditional mental health treatment has historically been based on the idea that people experiencing mental illness are a danger to their communities and need to be restrained and controlled, the panelists discussed. Though patients do have rights within these frameworks, the ability to protect these rights may be diminished by the altered mental state the patient is experiencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One solution that has gained attention is the practice of integrating social workers into police work involving mental health care. Boykin rejects this solution, pointing out that the social workers involved are sometimes indistinguishable from police officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These social worker models need to be divorced from police and policing,\" Boykin said, \"here in Sacramento we have a social worker that wears a police uniform that literally has the word social worker on the back. Someone who is not experiencing our shared reality can’t tell the difference between one person in a bulletproof vest and another.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boykin said social work is inherently tied to law enforcement, and that deeper transformation is needed to rebuild trust with communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Understand that these systems were built for white land-owning males, and what we’re gonna have to do is deconstruct them and rebuild them absent from the roots that are steeped in white supremacy,\" Boykin said. [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the discussion, panelist Neil Gong — a sociologist who studies inequality in mental health care — acknowledged that in reimagining a new system, it's important that people still have access to existing tools that are useful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a person wants access to a social worker to help them navigate whatever system is in front of them, or therapists of different sorts, or medication, we want them to have access to someone who can meet them in an egalitarian manner,\" he explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Neil Gong, a sociologist who studies inequality in mental health care\"]'We need to prepare for problems with new systems we build, especially in a bad economy like this, and we have to have real answers if people do demand a return to harsh enforcement.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-defunding-abusive-institutions-goes-wrong-and-how-we-can-do-it-right/\">He also cautioned\u003c/a> that calls to defund police and transform health care eerily reflect the 1950s movement to close down oppressive state hospitals that violated human rights and involuntarily held some patients indefinitely. Gong says defunding those institutions was co-opted by politicians during a period of fiscal crisis, and that when the money wasn’t reinvested in alternatives, city streets and jails began to be filled by people with psychiatric disabilities, which resulted in public backlash and calls to \"bring back the asylum.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to prepare for problems with new systems we build, especially in a bad economy like this, and we have to have real answers if people do demand a return to harsh enforcement,\" Gong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems that people are looking for real answers and solutions: More than 4,000 people registered for the discussion via Zoom, and the recording of the panel has since been viewed thousands of times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, the city council has responded to calls to defund the police by passing a revised city \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/news/2020/oaklands-mid-cycle-budget-cuts-14-3-million-from-police-budget-invests-additional-50-million-to-address-racial-disparities\">budget in June\u003c/a>, which allocates $1.85 million to create a Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland, or MACRO, which is intended to remove police from some 911 calls related to mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But APTP has criticized the program’s white leadership as out of touch, and said MACRO was developed without adequate community input. Boykin says practical community solutions are what will make a difference in the future of mental healthcare, and that those solutions start with small steps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Talk to your neighbors, say hi, get to know them. One of our best tools is relationships,\" Boykin said. \"If we begin to build those relationships across the fence eventually we will not need outside intervention.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u003ca href=\"https://www.idha-nyc.org/decarcerating-care\">Institute for the Development of Human Arts\u003c/a> is a mental health advocacy organization that advances holistic, transformative mental health practices rooted in the lived experience of people with mental illness. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11838360/recursos-para-cuidar-su-salud-mental-durante-la-situacion-actual\">\u003cem>Leer en español\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been a week. A month. A year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before wildfires devastated large parts of our home state, we were all dealing with a lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most notably, a pandemic that continues to kill and sicken so many nationwide, and that’s turned our lives upside down. And much more besides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re feeling the strain right now, you’re in no way alone. So we compiled a list of KQED’s most useful, expert-verified resources and advice posts, for you to use and potentially share with your community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t find what you’re looking for? \u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us what we can do to support you right now.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881725/where-to-find-affordable-culturally-competent-therapy-in-bay-area-and-beyond\">Where to Find Affordable, Culturally Competent Therapy in Bay Area and Beyond\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11837589\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11837589\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/therapy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/therapy.png 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/therapy-800x539.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/therapy-1020x687.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/therapy-160x108.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/therapy-1536x1035.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">We have resources on finding culturally competent therapy that’s affordable \u003ccite>(Gender Spectrum Collection/Broadly)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As KQED’s Nastia Voynovskaya writes in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881725/where-to-find-affordable-culturally-competent-therapy-in-bay-area-and-beyond\">this guide\u003c/a>, “As if being human in a world rife with systemic racism, patriarchy, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, environmental destruction and labor exploitation wasn’t already hard enough, the global pandemic and attendant economic crisis are making things that much more difficult for everyone, especially the most vulnerable among us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re seeking professional support, or need extra assistance right now, consult the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881725/where-to-find-affordable-culturally-competent-therapy-in-bay-area-and-beyond\">list\u003c/a> of affordable and culturally competent therapy services and directories, as well as crisis hotlines. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor's Note: A previous version of this story was published on August 31, 2020. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ongoing COVID pandemic. A deepening climate catastrophe. An international refugee crisis. Widespread racial injustice. Extreme wealth inequality. Financial distress. Social isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's beyond doubt: We're up against a long list of stressful realities playing havoc with our individual mental health right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"arts_13881725\" label=\"Local resources\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/20/pandemic-mental-health-crisis-gao-report/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post reported in December\u003c/a>, more than four out of 10 adults — or 43% — said they suffered from anxiety or depression according to a Census Bureau pulse survey in November 2020. The pandemic's prolonged impact on youth mental health has also proved \"devastating\" according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/science/pandemic-adolescents-depression-anxiety.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a public advisory from the U.S. surgeon general.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's also the sheer number of ongoing stories detailing the graphic deaths and attacks on people of color — particularly on Black and Asian communities across the U.S. From 2019 to 2020, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11880068/as-hate-crime-reports-rise-attorney-general-bonta-offers-multilingual-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crimes targeting the Asian community in California increased by 107 percent\u003c/a>. Such stories can reignite trauma and disproportionately weigh on people of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Individually and collectively, we're \u003cem>not\u003c/em> OK right now. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101879345/how-to-cope-in-a-time-of-cumulative-stress-and-anxiety\">KQED Forum spoke\u003c/a> to experts about how you might personally manage what seems like an unmanageable amount of stressors:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Tracy Foose\u003c/strong>, psychiatrist with a focus on anxiety disorders and associate clinical professor of psychiatry, UCSF School of Medicine\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Spring Washam\u003c/strong>, author of \"A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage, and Wisdom in Any Moment\", and meditation teacher and co-founder, East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Emiliana Simon-Thomas\u003c/strong>, science director of the Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>If it feels especially difficult right now, there's a \u003cem>really\u003c/em> good reason\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The world seems overwhelming right now ... because it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pandemic, racial injustice, wildfires, family lives turned upside down: What these things have in common, says psychiatrist Tracy Foose, is \"a kind of cumulative uncertainty.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Psychiatrist Tracy Foose']'We're going through a lot of unresolved, unfinished, un-closed traumatic experiences.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each one of these individual stressors, things \"that we have no ability to predict and no ability to control at the individual level,\" she says, are momentous in their own right. But put them all together, and the challenge can feel insurmountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this at once can also make you feel like you're getting \"compassion fatigue\": an inability to \u003cem>keep\u003c/em> caring, to \u003cem>keep\u003c/em> feeling loss and grief as more terrible things keep happening in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This can lead to a person feeling a state of \"just feeling exhausted,\" says Emiliana Simon-Thomas of the Greater Good Science Center. \"Feeling disconnected and hopeless, or what some might call callous, about the possibility of anything ever changing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"mental-health\" label=\"more coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this description is reminding you of your own feelings right now, you're not alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it's not just the number of things that are happening right now, Foose says, but the fact that they're taking place on a global scale and just don't seem like they'll stop any time soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we compare current events to previous traumatic historical periods, with the benefit of hindsight we can see both how those events started \u003cem>and \u003c/em>when they ended. But we can't foresee the end of our own traumatic experiences right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's something she calls \"trauma limbo.\" That, collectively, \"we're going through a lot of unresolved, unfinished, un-closed traumatic experiences,\" and have no way of knowing what we — and the world — will look like on the other side.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>You're going to need to approach your problems in a new way\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Another thing that makes all of this seem so much bigger: the fact that the pandemic means we can't manage these stresses in the usual ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We normally cope with stress in three basic ways, says Tracy Foose: connection to other human beings, physical activity and what she calls \"meaningful, purposeful, intentional activity\" — the sort of \"solvable problems that we look for in our life.\" (Solvable problems, she explains, are the kind of challenges that you can be \u003cem>pretty\u003c/em> sure your skills can overcome if you have enough time: like work tasks, or baking, or gardening.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But right now, you might not be able to see all your loved ones like you usually would, because of the risk of new COVID-19 variants. And the kinds of problems you're faced with are huge, and just aren't solvable in the ways you'd normally recognize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899883\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11899883\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/Three-friends-with-painted-nails-sitting-on-a-couch-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Three friends with painted nails sitting on a couch\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/Three-friends-with-painted-nails-sitting-on-a-couch-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/Three-friends-with-painted-nails-sitting-on-a-couch-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/Three-friends-with-painted-nails-sitting-on-a-couch-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/Three-friends-with-painted-nails-sitting-on-a-couch.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Listen to how you speak to yourself. Are you showing the same understanding and compassion that you'd extend to a friend? \u003ccite>(Gender Spectrum Collection)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So what do you do about that? First off, accept the truth that you \"really do need these three things for wellness,\" Foose advises, and then get into the idea of \"some pursuit of adaptation.\" How are you going to get physical activity? How will you find social connection? And how might you take a situation that \"feels so out of control and uncertain\" and break it up into a kind of solvable problem that you can, in Foose's words, \"chew on every day\"?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breaking down the issues at hand into manageable parts and attacking them from new angles — while recognizing that you've never really had to \u003cem>do\u003c/em> it like this before, without your usual coping methods — is \"the inevitable path to wellness, even during all of this uncertainty,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Stop judging yourself and expecting perfection ...\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The East Bay Meditation Center's Spring Washam advises that self-compassion is \"an ingredient that you could really cultivate right now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're all \"kind of hanging on,\" she reminds us. So acknowledging that you'll have good days and bad days amid it all — \"that you're going to experience these highs and lows\" — is surprisingly crucial, so you're not blindsided when the bad days hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Spring Washam, East Bay Meditation Center']'I think we need to just make space for that with each other and be really honest when we need support.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's because our emotions \"are really triggered or activated where we're experiencing things that we haven't before,\" Washam says — but knowing that the harder days are inevitable can soften the blow when they arrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We may need a moment to fall apart a little bit or take a break or pull out,\" she says, and we shouldn't be shy about asking for help when it happens. \"I think we need to just make space for that with each other and be really honest when we need support,\" Washam says. \"Like, 'Hey, I can't do this right now! Can you come over? Can you help, or can I call you?'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>... and start talking more nicely to yourself\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>We often criticize ourselves in ways we'd never direct at anyone else. Emiliana Simon-Thomas recommends \"giving yourself that same supportive inner voice that you would give a neighbor or a friend who might tell you that they're also struggling with this challenge.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're actually pretty good at supporting each \u003cem>other\u003c/em>, but oftentimes adopt a much more critical inner voice towards ourselves. And this really just worsens the problem,\" Simon-Thomas says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11899882\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/pexels-mental-health-america-mha-5543538-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling person in a white floral shirt smiles at themself in a mirror next to a bush filled with red flowers. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/pexels-mental-health-america-mha-5543538-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/pexels-mental-health-america-mha-5543538-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/pexels-mental-health-america-mha-5543538-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/pexels-mental-health-america-mha-5543538-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Listen to how you speak to yourself. Are you showing the same understanding and compassion that you'd extend to a friend \u003ccite>(Mental Health America)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And the thing about this \"enduring, hyper-critical self-talk,\" she says, is how it can make the challenges you're experiencing feel exaggerated beyond proportion and, accordingly, can make your supposed failures feel huge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the next time you catch yourself using a harsh tone inward, remember: by doing that, you're not seeing things for what they really are.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Don't pretend you're fine when you're not\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Many of us have a tendency to \"mask a lot of things,\" Spring Washam says. That is, to reflexively say we're doing fine and \"hide the levels of stress that we really experience.\" And that's not actually helpful right now, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think really it's a time to be very real with yourself, with our families and come together,\" and to not attempt to shoulder your emotional burdens solo, Washam advises. \"It's too much for any one person,\" she says. \"We need to be more real about what's happening.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you're struggling, don't keep it to yourself: Speak up and call on your support networks. Putting a brave face on things won't help, and might actually be harmful to your well-being.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Try to find the positive (even when it seems impossible)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>This one might sound like it contradicts the idea of feeling your feelings. But at the Greater Good Science Center, Emiliana Simon-Thomas says staff encourage folks there with practices and exercises that \"enable a different emotional profile.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Spring Washam, East Bay Meditation Center']'It's too much for any one person ... We need to be more real about what's happening.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So instead of getting kind of lost in that downward spiral of negative self-talk, or complaining or worrying or feeling anxious about all the things that could go wrong,\" she advises, be intentional about the kinds of thoughts and reflexive judgments that you're making in each moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means that if you have the possibility of engaging in a conversation with a friend about what's going well in life — rather than badly — you might find you're able to \"just shift the balance a little bit and bring yourself moments of levity,\" Simon-Thomas says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not about putting a \"brave face\" on things or straining for a falsely positive spin. It's about finding some feeling of safety, she says, to \"balance the scales, so that you're not always in fight or flight mode.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Find more tips for managing stress and anxiety, including advice on mindfulness and resentment, in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101879345/how-to-cope-in-a-time-of-cumulative-stress-and-anxiety\">the full KQED Forum show\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Dr. Tiffany Chioma Anaebere doesn’t remember where she was when she heard about George Floyd’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She could’ve been at her home in Emeryville, where she lives with her fiance. Or in the car, during one of her many commutes between Stockton and Modesto, where she works in two different hospitals as an emergency medicine physician on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All she knows is that, at first, she avoided watching the video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I refused to. Like, I cannot see anything right now. And I’m normally the person that’s like, ‘Girl, did you see this video?’” she said. “I was like ‘No, no, no, no, no, I’m not watching anything.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But eventually, days after the story of Floyd’s death had permeated the national consciousness and tens of thousands took to the streets to demand justice, Chioma Anaebere finally sat down and watched it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember watching it and just being like, ‘OK, well, I am now debilitatingly depressed,’” she said. “I was already teetering on the edge. 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[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Dr. Tiffany Chioma Anaebere, after seeing the video of George Floyd being killed']”OK, well, I am now debilitatingly depressed.’ I was already teetering on the edge. And… it was over after that.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Georgia Davies is an emergency medicine physician currently wrapping up her residency at Rutgers Medical School. Davies said she felt the same depression and sadness as her colleagues in the medical field due to COVID-19. But it wasn’t until news about the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and numerous others came out that she started noticing the effects on her mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m the type of person that, when I’m tired, I can go to sleep immediately. And for the first time ever in my life, like, last week and the week before, I’ve not really been able to,” Davies said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have fathers, your brothers, your uncles, you have nephews, … you have significant others that look like someone like George Floyd. And just, getting scared for them and scared for yourself,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The racism, the police brutality, the [pandemic], the poverty, the inequities and injustices—all of those things are creating this hurricane of violence that’s out there in the community,” said Deborah Burger, president of the California Nurses Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burger said health care workers need “some kind of outlet” to help deal with both their stressful work environment and the stressors they’re experiencing every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A Crisis Line for Health Care Workers\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It was in that spirit that Alameda County mental health workers and advocates began developing a crisis line for health care workers. The line \u003ca href=\"https://sites.google.com/crisissupport.org/ssac19/home\">launched in May\u003c/a> and is designed to encompass workers from all sectors of the health care — including janitorial and maintenance staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alice LoCicero, president-elect of the Alameda County Psychological Association, helped craft the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the least well-served and most stressed people in the health care settings are not only the health care workers themselves … but all the other workers,” LoCicero said. “Sanitation crews and maintenance people and food service employees and others who are really often unseen, but are having the same kinds of stresses.” [pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Binh Au, Crisis Line Program Director']‘Everyday they’re holding a trauma and they’re holding these experiences and grief. 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In order to help process what she’d seen, Chioma Anaebere started writing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She drafted an article on the lessons police can learn from health care practitioners, which was recently published in \u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/policing-can-take-a-lesson-from-health-care/\">Scientific American\u003c/a>. Finishing it, she said, was the first time she felt “a huge sigh of relief” because it allowed her to work her thoughts and feelings out on the page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Jessica Edwards, a family physician in Texas, also said writing has helped her process her feelings. She’s written several \u003ca href=\"https://www.straightfactsnochaserpodcast.com/blog\">blog posts\u003c/a> and dedicated an episode of \u003ca href=\"https://www.straightfactsnochaserpodcast.com/podcastepisodes\">her podcast\u003c/a> to social determinants of health and how they impact Black Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For me, those things have been really important for my mental health,” Edwards said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edwards has also been spending even more time with her patients, talking through their feelings in this moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But between a pandemic that disproportionately impacts communities of color and ongoing police violence, it’s a lot of weight to carry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not getting any reprieve,” Chioma Anaebere said. “We’re not getting any sort of respite from the pandemic. And you’re putting this on our communities as well. Like… have some empathy, have some mercy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while protesting in a pandemic may be dangerous, Chioma Anaebere says that, for many, this issue is more important than their own personal health. [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Other Ways to Cope\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Here are some other techniques health care workers recommended for taking care of one’s mental health during this challenging time:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dr. Tiffany Chioma Anaebere, Emeryville:\u003c/strong> “Talking to friends and family helps a lot as well. And hearing people feel the same way that you do, and know that you’re not isolated in your own experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dr. Georgia Davies, New Jersey:\u003c/strong> “I’m really big on my mental health and physical fitness, and I feel like physical being physically fit kind of helps with your mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One thing I had to do in the last two weeks is, I don’t turn on the TV anymore to really watch the news at all, because I think I was also making me very anxious. … [I]t’s always something new. It’s always something different. 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Where Can You Find Help?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>California state officials also compiled a list of mental health resources \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/resources-for-emotional-support-and-well-being/#top\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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The normally active family who loves spending weekends at parks suddenly found themselves confined to their three-bedroom apartment in Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pandemic’s toll has disproportionately impacted Latinos statewide, who comprise more than half of all confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Race-Ethnicity.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Department of Public Health\u003c/a>. Lorena’s story is one family’s nightmarish experience with recovering from the disease. But it also points to vulnerabilities many Latinos and others face as they get sick with the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Ordeal Begins\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 21, Jorge came down with a bad cough, high fever and intense headaches. His sweat soaked through the bed sheets at night. Lorena's worry for her husband grew. 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Under the Affordable Care Act, only businesses with 50 or more full-time employees may be \u003ca href=\"https://www.coveredca.com/forsmallbusiness/mandate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">financially penalized\u003c/a> if they don’t offer health coverage.[aside tag=\"coronavirus,covid-19\" label=\"More coronavirus coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Jorge has insurance through his maintenance job at a seniors apartment complex in San Francisco, Lorena is not on his plan because the premiums are too expensive, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But her family’s income, about $60,000 per year, means Lorena earns too much to qualify for Medi-Cal, the state’s coverage for low-income people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Latinos Have Highest Uninsured Rates\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lorena's story is not uncommon. Latinos are more than twice as likely to be uninsured than other racial or ethnic groups in the state, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/publications/Documents/PDF/2019/LatinoInsurance-policybrief-aug2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study\u003c/a> by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. That’s in part because only about a third of Latinos get their health coverage through an employer, the lowest job-based coverage of all racial or ethnic groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the pandemic continues, the state has committed to covering the cost of COVID-19 testing and treatment for uninsured Californians who need it. The demand for that safety net may increase as the pandemic ravages the economy, and millions of Californians lose their jobs and health coverage for themselves, their \u003ca href=\"http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/health-coverage-ca-workers-at-risk-of-job-loss-covid-19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spouses and their children\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, it’s unclear how much medical treatment related to COVID-19 the state would ultimately pay for those who lack full coverage, said Anthony Wright, executive director of the consumer advocacy coalition \u003ca href=\"https://health-access.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Health Access California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Frankly, if you end up in the ICU on a ventilator for a week, it may not cover the follow-up care afterwards,” Wright said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lorena said she used to be covered by Medi-Cal in the past. She has received medical care for years at the Lifelong Brookside \u003ca href=\"https://www.lifelongmedical.org/locations/our-locations/brookside-san-pablo-health-center.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Pablo Health Center\u003c/a>. Now that she’s uninsured, she pays for medical visits at the community clinic on a sliding scale. That's where she, and eventually her children, were tested for COVID-19 free of charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In retrospect, Lorena said the risks of being uninsured weren’t top of mind while she was sick with the coronavirus, as her symptoms didn’t deteriorate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the nearly three weeks it took for Lorena and Jorge to recover, they tried to stay away from their kids at home to avoid getting them infected. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ci>This post has been updated\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For a list of resources and who to contact if you're in crisis, \u003ca href=\"#resources\">jump to the bottom of this story.\u003c/a> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On an average day, workers staffing the phones at Crisis Support Services of Alameda County (CSS) might receive around 100 calls. But on March 16, the day Bay Area officials announced that shelter-in-place orders would be issued, those calls jumped by 50%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency's executive director, Narges Zohoury Dillon, said many of the people calling in aren't necessarily experiencing suicidal ideation but, instead, anxiety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're getting a lot more folks who are in a lot of distress and have a lot of anxiety about what this means — especially considering the fact that it's open-ended,\" said Dillon. \"We really don't know what it's going to look like in a few weeks.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crisis centers often take calls from people struggling with mental health issues, from anxiety to depression to suicidal ideation. And across the United States, calls from people in crisis have risen, including reported increases in \u003ca href=\"https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2020/03/26/28196873/portland-clinicians-prepare-for-uptick-in-mental-health-crises-due-to-covid-19\">Oregon\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/24/metro/amid-coronavirus-surge-calls-massachusetts-suicide-prevention-hotline/\">Massachusetts\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://wskg.org/news/crisis-line-calls-soar-as-coronavirus-spreads/\">New York\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since California's shelter-in-place order took effect, the calls to CSS have remained around 120 to 130 calls daily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some, the isolation and uncertainly of COVID-19 can exacerbate existing mental health issues, and some people are even experiencing virus-like symptoms induced by their anxiety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniella Bermudez, a crisis counselor at CSS, said helping callers determine if they are experiencing symptoms is the first step.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Are they feeling very winded, like they just sprinted and even at rest, they can't catch their breath? — which is, you know, a good way to tell if somebody is having difficulty breathing. Or is the breathing connected to anxiety? Are they getting more anxiety from feeling like they can't breathe?\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next step is helping a caller figure out what to do next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some people are like, 'Should I go to the hospital?' And right now we know that we don't want to put more people at risk by going to the hospital. So, what are the alternatives?\" said Bermudez. \"Who else can they involve in their care right now?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bermudez said she tries to refer callers to speak with an advice nurse, family members or friends — essentially, people who can help make choices about health care. She also provides them with factual information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which can help put their minds at ease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other organizations in the Bay Area say they haven't seen the same uptick in people reaching out for help, but they expect that as people continue sheltering in place, those numbers will rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Danger at Home\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Some providers said one reason calls may not yet have increased is that people could be afraid to call from where they're sheltering, which may not be a safe or accepting place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aaron Almanza is the executive director of the San Francisco-based Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender National Help Center. He said they've seen an uptick in online chats since the outbreak — about 55 to 60 per day, up from an average of 40 — but not yet an increase in calls. Almanza theorized that may be due, in part, to the nature of his organization's call center, where a lot of callers are closeted or in the process of coming out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're stuck at home with people who are transphobic, biphobic, homophobic,\" Almanza explained. \"So they can't really call us and talk to us on the phone like they normally can.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some may even be experiencing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11807639/how-to-shelter-in-place-if-you-live-with-domestic-abuse\">domestic violence\u003c/a> and are unable to make calls safely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trevor Project, a nationwide suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit focused on LGBTQ youth, reported increased mentions of COVID-19 from the youth who have reached out for support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For LGBTQ young people, many of whom already face unique mental health challenges due to increased experiences with discrimination and harassment, social isolation can mean being forced back into the closet or unsupportive, even abusive home environments,\" said Tia Dole, chief clinical operations officer for the nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Finding Ways to Cope\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It can be hard to emotionally navigate an unprecedented event like the COVID-19 pandemic. And Bermudez, who works the night shift for Alameda County's CSS, said she tries to remind callers that there's no \"right\" way to react.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Really, all responses are OK and valid and appropriate,\" said Bermudez. \"We're having our valid, true, genuine, appropriate responses to a very atypical, not-expected situation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT77fQ57IP4&feature=youtu.be\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his daily briefing on April 7, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11811110/not-just-in-your-head-california-rolls-out-mental-health-guides-for-coping-with-coronavirus\">series of guides\u003c/a> to help people manage stress during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The health impacts of coronavirus go beyond infection and COVID disease,\" said California Surgeon General, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris. \"It’s important to know that these changes aren't just in your head, and to begin to identify how stress shows up for you – physically, emotionally and behaviorally.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two \"playbooks\" rely on evidence-based guidance for how to relieve stress. One is for everyone; the other is specifically designed for parents and caregivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/img/wp/california-surgeon-general_stress-busting-playbook_draft-v2clean_ada-04072020.pdf\">Stress Relief During COVID-19\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/pdf/caregivers_and_kids_california_surgeon_general_stress_busting_playbook_draft_v2_clean_ada_04072020v2.pdf\">Stress Relief for Caregivers and Kids During COVID-19\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Here are a few other things you can do to help address the anxiety:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Acknowledge your feelings \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be it a loss of our jobs, routines or just a feeling of normalcy, CSS's Dillon said it's important to set aside some intentional time to identify and acknowledge our feelings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[To] actually name that, and give it space and allow ourselves to be upset as opposed to try and put on a brave face can actually help the negative feelings pass with less pain, as opposed to when we're trying to hold everything and pretend that we're going to get through this strongly,\" said Dillon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reduce your news consumption\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One of the ways that people can manage their anxiety would be to give themselves an allotment, [like]: 'I will check in X amount of times per day for X amount of minutes' so I can stay informed without becoming overwhelmed,\" Dillon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Connect with loved ones\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it's a phone call or FaceTime, finding ways to connect with friends and family can help alleviate moments of crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even if you can't talk to people face to face, [it's] finding those different routes to finding the support that you deserve to have in your life,\" said LGBT National Help Center's Almanza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find ways to spend your time\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it's going for a walk, watching a movie, practicing yoga or meditation, or just listening to music — finding a way to get your mind off what's going on can help you mitigate your stress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"#resources\">\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>Reach out\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether you're in crisis, or just feeling anxious and overwhelmed, you can reach out for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You don't have to be in crisis to call us,\" said Dillon. \"We want people to call us when they're having a bad day as a way for us to \u003cem>prevent\u003c/em> them ultimately being in crisis.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a few organizations you can reach out to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org\">The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline\u003c/a>: \u003c/strong>Call 1-800-273-8255 or chat online with a counselor \u003ca href=\"https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/\">here\u003c/a>. They've also compiled ways to care for your emotional well-being \u003ca href=\"https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/current-events/supporting-your-emotional-well-being-during-the-covid-19-outbreak/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thetrevorproject.org\">The Trevor Project\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Call the TrevorLifeline at 1-866-488-7386, chat online \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/\">here,\u003c/a> or send a text to 678-678. They've also compiled tips on how to cope with stress and anxiety during the outbreak \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetrevorproject.org/2020/03/26/how-lgbtq-youth-can-cope-with-anxiety-and-stress-during-covid-19/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.glbthotline.org\">\u003cstrong>LGBT National Help Center\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: You can call the national hotline at 888-843-4564, the youth talkline at 800-246-7743 or the senior hotline at 888-234-7243. You can also chat online via their homepage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.crisissupport.org\">\u003cstrong>Crisis Support Services of Alameda County\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call the 24-hour crisis line at 1-800-309-2131. The organization is also taking applications for call center volunteers \u003ca href=\"https://www.crisissupport.org/get-involved/volunteering/online-volunteer-application/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsuicide.org\">\u003cstrong>San Francisco Suicide Prevention\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: You can call the crisis hotline at 415-781-0500 or text 'MYLIFE' to 741-741\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.crisis-center.org\">Contra Costa Crisis Center\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Area residents can call 211 or 800-833-2900. 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And across the United States, calls from people in crisis have risen, including reported increases in \u003ca href=\"https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2020/03/26/28196873/portland-clinicians-prepare-for-uptick-in-mental-health-crises-due-to-covid-19\">Oregon\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/24/metro/amid-coronavirus-surge-calls-massachusetts-suicide-prevention-hotline/\">Massachusetts\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://wskg.org/news/crisis-line-calls-soar-as-coronavirus-spreads/\">New York\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since California's shelter-in-place order took effect, the calls to CSS have remained around 120 to 130 calls daily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some, the isolation and uncertainly of COVID-19 can exacerbate existing mental health issues, and some people are even experiencing virus-like symptoms induced by their anxiety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniella Bermudez, a crisis counselor at CSS, said helping callers determine if they are experiencing symptoms is the first step.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Are they feeling very winded, like they just sprinted and even at rest, they can't catch their breath? — which is, you know, a good way to tell if somebody is having difficulty breathing. Or is the breathing connected to anxiety? Are they getting more anxiety from feeling like they can't breathe?\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next step is helping a caller figure out what to do next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some people are like, 'Should I go to the hospital?' And right now we know that we don't want to put more people at risk by going to the hospital. So, what are the alternatives?\" said Bermudez. \"Who else can they involve in their care right now?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bermudez said she tries to refer callers to speak with an advice nurse, family members or friends — essentially, people who can help make choices about health care. 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"content": "\u003cp>On weekday evenings, sisters Lesley Laine and Lisa Ingle stage online happy hours from the Southern California home they share. It's something they've been enjoying with local and faraway friends during this period of social distancing and self-isolation. And on a recent evening, I shared a toast with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We laughed and had fun during our half-hour Facetime meetup. But unlike our pre-pandemic visits, we now worried out loud about a lot of things – like our millennial-aged kids: their health and jobs. And what about the fragile elders, the economy? Will life ever return to \"normal?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It feels like a free-fall,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://www.francisweller.net/\">Francis Weller\u003c/a>, a Santa Rosa psychotherapist. \"What we once held as solid is no longer something we can rely upon.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe has not only left many anxious about life and death issues, it's also left people struggling with a host of less obvious, existential losses as they heed stay-home warnings and wonder how bad all of this is going to get.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To weather these uncertain times, it's important to acknowledge and grieve lost routines, social connections, family structures and our sense of security — and then create new ways to move forward — says interfaith chaplain and trauma counselor \u003ca href=\"https://www.spiritualityandgrief.com/\">Terri Daniel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\" Francis Weller, a Santa Rosa psychotherapist\"]'Grief is not a problem to be solved. It's a presence in the psyche awaiting, witnessing.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need to recognize that mixed in with all the feelings we're having of anger, disappointment, perhaps rage, blame and powerlessness — is grief,\" says Daniel, who works with the dying and bereaved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Left unrecognized and unattended, grief can negatively impact \"every aspect of our being — physically, cognitively, emotionally spiritually,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://drsonyalott.com/\">Sonya Lott\u003c/a>, a Philadelphia-based psychologist specializing in grief counseling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet with our national focus on the daily turn of events as the coronavirus spreads and with the chaos it's brought, these underlying or secondary losses may escape us. People who are physically well may not feel entitled to their emotional upset over the disruption of normal life. Yet, Lott argues, it's important to honor our own losses even if those losses seem small compared to others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We can't heal what we don't have an awareness of,\" says Lott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Recognize Our Losses\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Whether we've named them are not, these are some of the community-wide losses many of us are grieving. Consider how you feel when you think of these.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Social Connections \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the most impactful of the immediate losses as we hunker down at home is the separation from close friends and family. \"Children aren't able to play together. There's no in-person social engagement, no hugging, no touching which is disruptive to our emotional well-being,\" says Daniel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separation from our colleagues and officemates also creates significant loss. \"Our work environment is like a second family. Even if we don't love all the people we work with, we still depend on each other,\" says Lott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Habits and Habitat\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>With the world outside our homes no longer safe to inhabit the way we once did, Daniel says we've lost our \"habits and habitats,\" as we can no longer engage in our usual routines and rituals. And no matter how mundane they may have seemed — whether grabbing a morning coffee at the local café, driving to work or picking up the kids from school — routines help define your sense of self in the world. Losing them, Daniel says, \"shocks your system.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Assumptions and Security\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We go to sleep assuming we'll wake up the next morning, \"that the sun will be there and your friends will all be alive and you'll be healthy,\" Weller says. But the spread of the virus has shaken nearly every assumption we once counted on. \"And so we're losing our sense of safety in the world and our assumptions about ourselves,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Trust in Our Systems\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When government leaders, government agencies, medical systems, religious bodies, the stock market and corporations fail to meet public expectations, it can leave citizens feeling betrayed and emotionally unmoored. \"We are all grieving this loss,\" Daniel says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sympathetic Loss for Others\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you're not directly affected by a particular loss, you may be feeling the grief of others, including those of displaced workers, of health care workers on the frontlines, of people barred from visiting elderly relatives in nursing homes, of those who have already lost friends and family to the virus and to those who will.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>4 Ways to Honor Your Grief\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Once you identify the losses you're feeling, look for ways to honor the grief surrounding you, grief experts urge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bear Witness and Communicate\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sharing our stories is an essential step, Daniel says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you can't talk about what's happened to you and you can't share it, you can't really start working on it,\" Daniel says. \"So, communicate with your friends and family about your experience.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It can be as simple as picking up the phone and calling a friend or family member, says Weller. He suggests simply asking for and offering a space in which to share your feelings without either of you offering advice or trying to fix anything for the other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Grief is not a problem to be solved,\" he says. \"It's a presence in the psyche awaiting, witnessing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those with robust social networks, Daniel suggests gathering a group of friends virtually to share these losses together. Using apps, such as Zoom, Skype, FaceTime or Facebook Live, virtual meetups are easy to set up on a daily or weekly basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Write, Create, Express \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether you're an extrovert or introvert, keeping a written or recorded journal of these days offers another way to express, to identify and to acknowledge loss and grief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11807751\" label=\"Self-Care During Coronavirus\" hero=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/not-today-covid19-sign-on-wooden-stool-3952231-1020x657.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then there's art therapy, which can be especially helpful for children unable to express well with words, for teens and even for many adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Make a sculpture, draw a picture or create a ceremonial object,\" says Daniel, who often incorporates shamanic ceremonies into grief workshops she conducts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another exercise she often uses in grief workshops is a simple one in which participants use their breath to blow their sadness, fear and anger into a rock that they then throw away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What this does is takes all that intense, painful energy out of your body and into an inanimate object that they symbolically throw far away from themselves,\" Daniel says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Meditate \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regular meditation and just taking time to slow down and take several deep, calming breaths throughout the day also works to lower stress and is available to everyone, Lott says. For beginners who want guidance she suggests downloading a meditation app onto your smart phone or computer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be Open to Joy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And finally, Lott urges, make sure to let joy and gratitude into your life during these challenging times. Whether it's a virtual happy hour, tea time or dance party, reach out to others, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If we can find gratitude in the creative ways that we connect with each other and help somebody,\" she says, \"then we can hold our grief better and move through it with less difficulty and more grace.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced in partnership with Kaiser Health News.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2020 NPR. 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