From the Medford Mail Tribune, June 30, 2013 Getting Hooked: Is overprescribing of painkillers to blame for opioid addiction? For Jonathan Cordova, the spiral into opiate addiction began in high school, when he started taking Percocet pills he got from friends to relieve the pain of sports injuries. Within a year, he had dropped out […]
Klamath Falls Herald & Tribune, June 29, 2013 One mother’s story: Cheryl Perez has spent the last few years dealing with her son’s methamphetamine addiction. She hopes that by telling her story, she can let her community know that families dealing with the stress of addiction are not alone. With a knife to her throat, […]
From The Lund Report, June 27,2013 Pamela A. Martin, PhD, Director of Oregon’s Addiction and Mental Health Division, will speak about Oregon’s public mental health system on August 1 at 7 PM. A reception for Dr. Martin will be held prior to her talk at 6 PM. The event is hosted by the Mental Health […]
From the Klamath Falls Herald Tribune, June 26, 2013 Klamath County commissioners approved executing a contract Tuesday with the Oregon Health Authority as a bridge toward ousting itself from providing mental health care and putting that task in the hands of a nonprofit. On June 14, the commissioners sent a letter to the state saying […]
By Queenie Wong, Statesman Journal, June 25, 2013 The union members held up their purple and white picket signs and, facing the Oregon State Hospital on Monday, chanted “What do we want? Contract! When do we want it? Now!” About 30 people, including some who work at the state hospital, from the Service Employees International […]
Posted on YouTube Jun 24, 2013 From the description on YouTube: Chad and Lois Elliott talk about the life and death of their 21-year-old son, Jedidiah Elliott, who died of a heroin overdose in January 2011. Hear part of the 911 call after he collapsed, listen to some of Jedidiah’s music, and see where Jedidiah […]
By Sergio Cisneros, OPB News, June 19, 2013 Klamath County has notified the Oregon Health Authority it can no longer fund mental health care services in the area. The county is asking the state to provide these services, or to explore other alternatives like setting up nonprofits. Dennis Linthicum is with the Klamath County Board of Commissioners. […]
By Yuxing Zheng, The Oregonian, June 18, 2013 The executive director of the Psychiatric Security Review Board has resigned. Mary Claire Buckley‘s resignation is effective as of Aug. 15, board chairwoman Kate Lieber said at the board’s meeting Tuesday evening. The terms were not released. Buckley has been on paid administrative leave since May 2 […]
By Jenny Westberg, June 17, 2013 Who are the state’s top prescription writers for widely abused drugs like Oxycontin and Xanax? How much does Oregon’s Medicaid program pay for expensive mental health drugs like Seroquel and Zyprexa? The data obtained by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) may not provide every answer about Oregon clinicians’ prescribing practices, […]
By Nedra Pickler, The Associated Press, June 3, 2013 President Barack Obama on Monday called for a more robust national discussion on mental illness, saying the time had come to bring the issue “out of the shadows.” Speaking at the opening session of a White House conference on mental health, the president said his goal […]
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