Guest opinion by Richard Harris, director of the Addictions and Mental Health Division of the Oregon Health Authority Right now, our state is engaged in an important discussion about how to provide treatment for those suffering from mental illness, especially those who may have committed a crime. The goal is to provide the right care […]
From The Lund Report, November 30, 2011 The critical factor is increasing the availability of different types of residential facilities, according to Mary Claire Buckley When legislators approved the Psychiatric Security Review Board’s (PSRB) budget earlier this year, they attached a string — the board needed to start thinking about ways to move patients out […]
To: Addictions and Mental Health Services Interested Parties From: Bruce Goldberg, M.D., OHA Director Today I share news of the January retirement of Richard Harris, director of the Addictions and Mental Health Division. Richard has been a truly outstanding leader at AMH and OHA during more than three years of service. As many of you […]
From the Lund Report, September 15, 2011 – by Amanda Waldroupe The state’s new funding formula for allocating money to counties for mental health services takes funding away from some counties, gives money to others Multnomah County’s board of commissioners voted this morning to use $8 million dollars of its one-time only and general fund […]
Greetings, I wanted to provide a brief update on Oregon Health Plan health system transformation (HB 3650) and our Addictions and Mental Health Division system change efforts. First, the four work groups convened by Governor [John] Kitzhaber to provide input on health transformation and the creation of Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) have begun to meet. […]
Surprise! As the Oregon State Legislature begins to engage with a $3.5 billion shortfall in the 2011-13 biennium the Oregon State Hospital project at Junction City appears to be dissolving… That’s okay because since it’s inception as an employment program by State Senator Peter Courtney independent advocates for mental health services have been skeptical of […]
Multnomah County’s Mental Health and Addiction Services Division has posted several new documents worth reviewing recently on their web site. These include, Verity Annual Quality Report, dated February 2009. This presents a set of statistics about mental health treatment providers and results from surveys of clients about the quality of care provided through county contracts. […]
From the Oregonian, April 2 2009 More than one year ago, child welfare officials pledged better oversight of the psychiatric drugs given to one in five foster children, but an internal state audit shows that isn’t happening. The audit, dated December 2008, found medication logs missing from child welfare files and almost none of the […]
“Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade.” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking 3 25 2009 in Mexico City. We’ve survived, over the decades, several rearrangements of payment-for-services from the feds to the state to the counties to the providers to their staff for persons with mental illness and addiction. Most rearrangements, […]
The East Oregonian – November 22, 2008. Not available online. The Oregon Department of Human Services-Addictions and Mental Health Division (AMH) on Tuesday notified the Pendleton Academies’ board of directors of their intention to revoke the treatment facility’s certificate of approval to operate as a provider of psychiatric residential treatment services and psychiatric day treatment […]
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