The Mental Health Association of Portland is using Kickstarter to finish the documentary film, Alien Boy: the Death and Life of James Chasse. Click here to make an online pledge. It’s easy, secure and safe. Over 400 persons have already contributed time, in-kind services and cash to create this important documentary film. Join them – […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, February 27, 2011 State officials refuse to answer questions about two mental-health consultants who have been paid $1 million to help the Oregon State Hospital respond to an ongoing U.S. Department of Justice investigation of the Salem psychiatric facility. The taxpayer-subsidized tab for the consulting duo has nearly doubled since […]
This is a comprehensive (in progress) archive of media items related to U.S. Rep. David Wu, beginning in January and February 2011, referencing a possible connection to mental health issues. The Mental Health Association of Portland reposts articles about mental health and addiction policy and opinion in Oregon to provide a durable resource for information […]
This is a Portland Police Bureau Roll Call Training video – Hobble Review / Excited Delirium, made in July 2007. This video was released in October 2010 by Tom Steenson, attorney for the family of James Chasse. It explains the City’s policy tying a prisoner by the hands and feet, which they call “hobbling,” but […]
We repost articles about mental health and and addiction policy and opinion in Oregon regardless of whether we think the article is responsible or the authors intelligent. Our task is to document and archive the public experience of mental health. This article captures an all-time low for The Oregonian newspaper; typically terrific on mental health […]
From the TDN.com, February 18, 2011 It could be mid-March before the Kalama man accused of murdering Rainier Police Chief Ralph Painter is sent to a state hospital for a mental evaluation, officials said Friday. Daniel Armaugh Butts, 21, is being held in the Columbia County Jail awaiting transfer to the Oregon State Hospital in […]
Here’s the February 2011 edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals. Download and read the February 2011 issue at: Online Reading Version of Eyes & Ears – with links Full article version of Eyes & Ears – for printing Contact the […]
Guest Editorial published in The Oregonian, February 16, 2011 Come July, Portland police officers will have some extra spending money in their paychecks, but their new contract with the city actually includes something far more valuable. For some, it’s a chance at a new life. The “treatment-first” option packaged with random drug testing in the […]
From The Oregonian, February 12, 2011 Wayne Richards landed in the state mental hospital in Salem after he stole a scooter from a Fred Meyer store and abandoned it in a parking lot across the street. Oregon taxpayers will spend $17,661 every month he stays there, in one of the most expensive and most secure […]
On Wednesday, Disability Rights Oregon released a report on the history and use of seclusion and restraint of Oregon students. The release was timed to support House Bill 2939. Sponsored by Representative Sara Gelser (Corvallis), HB 2939 will receive a public hearing in the Oregon House Education Committee at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, February 16. […]
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