One of the most irksome parts of Oregon’s mental health tragedy is the need to constantly restate the problem (and pad their publishing) for professionals migrating through on their way to a more lucrative career. Behavioral Health Workforce Report to the Oregon Health Authority and State Legislature FINAL REPORT, February 1, 2022 The conclusion of […]
Staff drug use, alleged misconduct shuttered Multnomah County behavioral health center, now reopened – Oregonian, April 2023 Security concerns and misconduct among contracted staff shuttered Multnomah County’s Behavioral Health Resource Center in downtown Portland late last month, county staff acknowledged for the first time on Monday, the day of the center’s reopening. Earlier this month, […]
From the Willamette Week, March 2023 Reliant on medication he does not want to take, he has become increasingly incapable of leading a normal life outside of the hospital. In early December, Julie Dodge, head of Multnomah County’s behavioral health division, went to Salem with a story to tell. Medical records are closely protected secrets, […]
Oregon’s many mental health crises, OPB.org March 2023 OPB talked to experts throughout the state to learn about several of the most pressing elements of the crisis — and about promising strategies to address the many problems For too many Oregonians, having a mental illness or substance use problem means repeated failed attempts to get […]
from KTVZ.com, January 26, 2023 Filing disputes recent OHA motion asking judge to dismiss case PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — St. Charles Health System and three other large Oregon hospital systems — Legacy Health, Providence Health & Services and PeaceHealth — are defending their federal lawsuit, saying they continue to fight for vulnerable patients who are […]
Below are documents shared during the 2023 Oregon Legislative Session. CMHP Role in the Public Behavioral Health System, Cherryl Ramirez Executive Director, Association of Oregon Community Mental Health Programs Oregon Health Authority Health Systems Division Behavioral Health 101, Presented to Behavioral Health and Health Care House Committee on January 18, 2023 by Alfonso Ramirez, Behavioral […]
The prospect of removing people from communities to be put in institutions has been a project of social control Perspective by Elliott Young Elliott Young is professor of history at Lewis & Clark College and the author of “Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World’s Largest Immigrant Detention System.“ Washington Post – January […]
Below we’ve captured a journal of work of former Portland city commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty from the city of Portland website – 1/2023. A summary of major accomplishments and notable moments during Commissioner Hardesty’s first year in office: 2019 – 2020. During this time Commissioner Hardesty was assigned to oversee Portland Fire & Rescue, Bureau […]
From Asylum to Community – Mental Health Care in Oregon from the 1950s to 2000 By David Cutler MD, Barry Kast MSW, Zeb Larson PhD, and Jason Renaud Published in the Oregon Historical Quarterly, October 2022 READ – formatted PDF of this article The question of how to provide mental health services for people with […]
Volunteers for the Mental Health Association of Portland have started to clean up the newly identified gravestones of patients of the Oregon Insane Hospital (1859-1880) at Lone Fir Cemetery. Those gravestones were identified through a July 2022 report, which at the moment still unavailable, “Lone Fir Cemetery – Research Results for Burials of Patients of […]
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