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Award-winning journalist Vicki Gonzalez hosts interviews with community leaders, advocates, experts, artists and more to provide background and understanding on breaking news, big events, politics and culture in the Sacramento region and beyond.
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Due to Amador County’s mental health workforce shortage, residents here drive many miles on windy roads to seek care in Sacramento, Placerville or the Bay Area.
Vanessa S. Nelson / Capital Public Radio
If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
Kate Gonzales
Science Magazine reporter Emily Underwood joins us to discuss emerging research on suicide. Scientists are using brain scans to develop precision treatments for suicidal patients.
CapRadio’s Sammy Caiola discusses what she learned last year while reporting on suicide in rural Amador County.
A new effort is underway in Sacramento County to address the suicide prevention needs of African Americans. We’ll explore the issue.