By Katherine Driessen and Emily E. Smith, The Oregonian, May 23, 2013 A sober house for recovering addicts operated for a year across from Reedville Elementary unbeknownst to the Hillsboro School District, the sheriff’s office and the probation department in part because there is no formal county oversight as to where such houses are located. […]
From the Northwest News Network, May 24, 2013 After last December’s mass shootings in Oregon and Connecticut, Democrats and Republicans in the Oregon legislature called for increased funding for mental health care. Now, there’s a proposal under discussion that would expand such programs in a big way, but it remains caught up in a debate […]
By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner, May 23, 2013 A rising controversy over the DSM-5, the new edition of the so-called Bible of psychiatry, heated up to a flashpoint last weekend as the book was launched at the 166th annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. Criticism of the new psychiatric manual has issued […]
By The Associated Press, in The Oregonian, May 21, 2013 Nine people have been affected by a three-strikes-and-you’re-out policy that prohibits repeat troublemakers from venturing into downtown Ashland. The City Council created the exclusion zone in August. People who commit three offenses within a six-month period can be banned from the downtown for three months. […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, May 22, 2013 Portland Police Chief Mike Reese has been known to fill patrol shifts for officers named employees of the month as a way to reward them with a day off. But this week, Reese has left his office on the 15th floor of the Justice Center to ride […]
By Capi Lynn, the Statesman Journal, May 23, 2013 The Oregon State Hospital Museum of Mental Health welcomes author Jane Kirkpatrick for a presentation and book signing from 2 to 3:15 p.m. Saturday. Kirkpatrick will discuss her latest novel, “One Glorious Ambition,” which tells the story of Dorothea Dix, an early advocate for mental health […]
News release, Portland Police Bureau, May 22, 2013 The Portland Police Bureau’s Service Coordination Team (SCT) has scheduled a graduation for Thursday May 23, 2013, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., in City Council Chambers at Portland’s City Hall. City Hall is located at 1220 Southwest 4th Avenue. Coffee and cake will be served immediately afterwards […]
By Dr. Pamela Wible, The Lund Report, May 21, 2013 A psychiatrist in Seattle had picked out the bridge. At 3 a.m. he would swerve across his lane and plunge into the water. Everyone would assume he fell asleep. A surgeon in Oregon was lying on the floor of her office with a scalpel. Nobody […]
By The Associated Press, in The Oregonian, May 15, 2013 In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one’s death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain “senior moments” are called “mild neurocognitive disorder.” Those changes are just some of the reasons […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, May 17, 2013 The City of Portland would pay $35,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a man who was injured during a March 2010 anti-police protest, under an ordinance that will go before city commissioners Wednesday. The encounter, captured on television footage, resulted in injuries to Clifford Richardson. He […]
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