from KTVZ.com, January 26, 2023 Filing disputes recent OHA motion asking judge to dismiss case PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — St. Charles Health System and three other large Oregon hospital systems — Legacy Health, Providence Health & Services and PeaceHealth — are defending their federal lawsuit, saying they continue to fight for vulnerable patients who are […]
Oregon To Create Peer-Run Mental Health Respite Programs – October 2019 Oregon lawmakers consider bill creating peer respite centers – March 2021 House Bill 2980 – 2021 (PDF) New Peer Respite Centers Remain Elusive, 6 Months After New Law – no date THE STATE OF OREGON OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY ISSUES THE FOLLOWING REQUEST FOR GRANT […]
Below are documents shared during the 2023 Oregon Legislative Session. CMHP Role in the Public Behavioral Health System, Cherryl Ramirez Executive Director, Association of Oregon Community Mental Health Programs Oregon Health Authority Health Systems Division Behavioral Health 101, Presented to Behavioral Health and Health Care House Committee on January 18, 2023 by Alfonso Ramirez, Behavioral […]
The prospect of removing people from communities to be put in institutions has been a project of social control Perspective by Elliott Young Elliott Young is professor of history at Lewis & Clark College and the author of “Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World’s Largest Immigrant Detention System.“ Washington Post – January […]
Below we’ve captured a journal of work of former Portland city commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty from the city of Portland website – 1/2023. A summary of major accomplishments and notable moments during Commissioner Hardesty’s first year in office: 2019 – 2020. During this time Commissioner Hardesty was assigned to oversee Portland Fire & Rescue, Bureau […]
From Asylum to Community – Mental Health Care in Oregon from the 1950s to 2000 By David Cutler MD, Barry Kast MSW, Zeb Larson PhD, and Jason Renaud Published in the Oregon Historical Quarterly, October 2022 READ – formatted PDF of this article The question of how to provide mental health services for people with […]
Volunteers for the Mental Health Association of Portland have started to clean up the newly identified gravestones of patients of the Oregon Insane Hospital (1859-1880) at Lone Fir Cemetery. Those gravestones were identified through a July 2022 report, which at the moment still unavailable, “Lone Fir Cemetery – Research Results for Burials of Patients of […]
From the Lund Report – October 2020 Oregon’s treatment and recovery system for people struggling with addiction is about half the size it should be to meet demand, according to a comprehensive state-funded analysis released Friday. READ – OHSU – Oregon Gap Analysis and Inventory Report The report details substantial deficits in services across the […]
Three Oregon Hospital Systems Sue State Over Psychiatric Logjam Lund Report – September 28, 2022 Three Oregon hospital systems have joined forces to sue the Oregon Health Authority for allegedly forcing them to give long-term care to civilly-committed mental health patients that they are not designed to provide. Legacy Health, Providence Health & Services and […]
In a Summer 2022 report from Metro by Dudek, “Lone Fir Research Results for Burials of Patients of the Oregon Hospital for the Insane” (sic), researchers identified a set of specific gravestones at Lone Fir Cemetery. This report is not yet (September 2022) available to the public. These are the names of those buried under […]
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