Reflecting On Kaiser’s Mental Health Services

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Mental health services are crucial to our well-being. I think that most people will agree with me. As I write, mental health workers employed at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California and represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers are beginning month three of a strike over work conditions. As these workers see it, their employer’s rules are harmful to them and Kaiser patients. Count a young family member of mine among the latter. What follows are...