I wake up this morning filled with sadness at the news that Sydney is gone. The Colemans – Sydney, her younger brother and their parents, seemingly lived a charmed life when I met them, in the early kindergarten years of Ainsworth School, 1990. Those days are gone. Their home, perched on the side of a […]
From the Salem Statesman-Journal, February 26, 2010 A blistering federal critique of patient care at the Oregon State Hospital wasn’t shared with a new hospital advisory board before it appeared this week in the press, prompting anger and complaints from members of the governor-appointed panel. “I was pretty disturbed that I read it in the […]
Joe Anybody’s made a good documentary video about the Albina Ministerial Alliance’s rally about the shooting of Aaron Campbell, from February 17, 2010 Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V
From the Salem Statesman Journal, February 24, 2010 Federal investigators have slammed Oregon State Hospital again, citing “alarming” failures in care for a patient who died at the Salem psychiatric facility in October. The U.S. Department of Justice found numerous flaws and failings in hospital care provided to Moises Perez during the year before his […]
Going to a good horror movie is a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. And going to a bad one can be even better. “The Crazies,” opening in Portland on Feb. 26, promises plenty of horror–but probably not the kind the filmmakers intended. In this remake of George Romero’s 1973 parable on the Vietnam […]
We just noticed – the Oregon Health Forum died back in December 2009. Likely cause? Boredom and a bad board. When the four-page newsletter first came to our attention in the early 1990s it was a fascinating read, a true dope-sheet with the inside stuff, the real close-the-door-I-gotta-tell-you gossip we all want to read. Who […]
Many people think psychosurgery is a thing of the past, and it’s true that lobotomies have become rare. However, psychosurgery is very much alive. Neurosurgeons are trying to rehabilitate the practice, and they may be succeeding. Because of its dark history, psychosurgery has been restricted and forced to take a low profile. But in 2010, […]
Thanks to The Skanner Newspaper for this video.
The newspaper article below expresses the continuing discrimination against persons with mental illness in the housing, neighbor relations, and the media. We were recently told over 60 persons were kept under lock and key at the state hospital for no reason other than there is no housing available outside of the hospital for them. This […]
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