READ – Oregon inventory of services for cooccurring substance use and mental health disorders – for 2022, made available December 2023 In Oregon and nationally, a substantial proportion of clients in treatment for substance use disorders also have a mental health disorder. According to the 2022 National Substance Use and Mental Health Services Survey (N-SUMHSS), […]
Posted in The Oregonian – May. 13, 2024 Oregon ranks dead last in balancing the prevalence of youth mental illness with access to care, given high rates of youth with mental health conditions and the lack of available treatment, according to advocacy and monitoring nonprofit Mental Health America. At 21%, the state has the highest […]
Oregon State Hospital Will Stop Giving Condoms to Patients Willamette Week, May 3, 2024 “I don’t know why they’re handing out condoms,” Gov. Tina Kotek said in response to a question at a press conference Friday afternoon. “That particular footnote was a surprise, and we’re going to be talking to them.” Safety lapses contributed to […]
Homelessness Response Action Plan DRAFT, Multnomah County March 2024 Multnomah County Homelessness Response Action Plan website. MEDIA Editorial: Homelessness response strategy must be a plan of action not a wish list – Oregonian March 17, 2024 Multnomah County commissioners and Portland City Council met last week to discuss a draft Homelessness Response Action Plan.Multnomah County […]
By Kevin Sabet, published in the Wall Street Journal March 7, 2024 When Gil Kerlikowske, my then-boss and the Obama administration’s drug czar, announced an end to the war on drugs in May 2009, U.S. drug policy took a more humanitarian, public health-centered approach. Stigmatizing drug users was counterproductive and blocked paths to recovery, we […]
From Willamette Week, February 2024 Data shows Oregon experiences a higher incidence of mental illness than most states but provides less services. Chris Bouneff says that’s because the state painted itself into a corner where only taxpayers foot the bill for mental illness, while private insurers have historically covered little. Bouneff came to National Alliance […]
Oregon Data extracted from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released February 2024 (PDF) Oregon Data extracted from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released February 2024 (PPTX)
Once a year or so, members of the Mental Health Association of Portland issue recommendations on how service providers can improve the quality of life for people with addiction and mental illness. This year we consider Multnomah County. Next Best Steps for Multnomah County For people with lived experience of mental illness and addiction, and […]
Pictured in this 1970 photograph of staff from the Alcoholism Counseling and Recovery Program: 1st Row – John Hanson, Myra Albert, Glen Yeats, John Spence, Ben Wright. 2nd Row – Patrick Salisbury, Al Smith, Luis Polanco, Emile Summers, Casey Jones, Dave Davis, Russell Duke. ACRP was established in the summer of 1970 as one of […]
Oregonian – Nov. 17, 2023 Millions of dollars and tens of thousands of hours over the last four years have gone into trying to reopen a bigger and better sobering center as the need has grown more urgent. More than 80 groups involving nearly 200 people from varied backgrounds came to the table – healthcare […]
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