The Eugene Register-Guard, October 31, 2011, by Jason Renaud and Jenny Westberg The Mental Health Association of Portland is Oregon’s leading public advocate for people with a diagnosis of mental illness. We mean to stop discrimination in Oregon. Today, mental illness is ground zero of the civil rights struggle. People with mental illness are the […]
“Anatomy of an Epidemic” – by Robert Whitaker This is the book that spawned a movement… The most fundamental assumptions of psychiatry are now being questioned: How effective are psychiatric medications? How reliable is the supposed science underlying our mental health care system? Has the truth been suppressed? Explore these questions and more… Starting […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, October 27, 2011 Local, state and federal officials are gathering this morning to urge community members to dispose of their unused prescription drugs during Saturday’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. They also want to raise awareness about the growing problem of prescription drug abuse. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Oregon’s […]
Pamela R. (Pallin) Chassé – age 74, born May 25, 1937, died October 24, 2011 Pamela was born to Edgar and Dorena (Brands) Pallin. She grew up in Tillamook, Ore., and attended school there from first grade through high school. Pamela had many great adventures growing up, and made important bonds that she kept throughout […]
From the Oregonian, October 25, 2011 On the day the police commissioner and chief were subpoenaed to court to address what Officer Dane Reister’s attorney called the bureau’s “gross negligence” in the handling of beanbag shotguns and ammunition, police supervisors alerted officers Tuesday of a new safeguard the bureau adopted. Effective immediately, officers who are […]
PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU NEWS RELEASE Occupy Portland Public Safety Updates The following series of events involving Occupy Portland occurred on Monday, October 24, 2011 and early morning Tuesday, October 25, 2011: Dayshift Report 7 a.m.: Central Precinct officers received a request from Occupy Portland to get in touch with Project Respond. The volunteers at Occupy […]
On October 28, 2006 over 400 people came together to remember the life and death of James Chasse. You can now listen to that memorial service in its entirety. Speaking are – Patricia Ross of First Congregational Church, John Paul Davis of First Congregational Church, Jim and Pamela Chasse, Linda Gerber (Jim’s mother), Mark Chasse, […]
From the New York Times, October 23, 2011 This is the third of a four part series Lives Restored – Managing Severe Mental Illness, by Benedict Carey. Part One – Rescuing Others – Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight, New York Times, June 23, 2011 Part Two- Living with Voices – Learning to […]
From the The Oregonian, October 22, 2011 A Douglas County grand jury announced Friday that the officers involved in the fatal shooting of a Myrtle Creek man earlier this month were justified in their use of deadly force. The grand jury met Thursday to hear evidence about the Oct. 12 incident, when Myrtle Creek police […]
From the Wall Street Journal, October 21, 2011 When Occupy Wall Street protesters took over two parks in Portland’s soggy downtown, they pitched 300 tents and offered free food, medical care and shelter to anyone. They weren’t just building, like so many of their brethren across the nation, a community to protest what they see […]
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