Oregon health systems team up to integrate care for behavioral health patients Hospital & Health Networks – November 10, 2017 Chris Farentinos, M.P.H., is vice president of the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, Ore. Psychological well-being is essential to overall health. To provide effective health care, we must attend to and treat the […]
Gresham Mental Health Project – Final Report (Portland State University 2016 to 2017) Jointly Prepared by the Center for Public Service (CPS) and Criminal Justice Policy Research Institute (CJPRI) Dr. Kris Henning, Greg Stewart, Dr. Kathryn Wuschke, Paul Manson City of Gresham Liaison Corey Falls Final Report (07/31/2019)
Salem Statesman Journal, November 20, 2017 A ghastly scene unfolded during dinner 75 years ago at Oregon State Hospital. Patients began dropping like flies after eating a batch of poisoned scrambled eggs, vomiting blood and writhing on the floor in agony. Some died within minutes, others succumbed hours later, 47 people in all. Officially, there […]
The Medford Mail Tribune, November 17, 2017 Jason Coburn was sleeping under a train when it started moving, dragging him down the tracks and injuring his ribs. He later fell from an interstate bridge into a canal, breaking his leg and ankle, and was not found for two days. Surgeons put his bones together with […]
The Eugene Register-Guard – NOV. 14, 2017 Lincoln County has agreed to pay $2.85 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a mentally ill inmate who died in a county jail cell in 2015. A judge approved the settlement between the county and Waldport resident Bradley Steven Thomas’ family on […]
The Dalles Chronicle – November 10, 2017 Last month, Regional Jail Administrator Bryan Brandenburg described a recent day at the regional jail that stood out for a frustrating reason: at one point, every inmate in the booking area belonged in a mental health facility. Instead, as regularly happens, they were put behind bars. Booking felt […]
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