In 1999, in the wake of the shuttering of Garlington Center, several public deaths of people with mental illness, and a distressing countywide site review by the state mental health division, a wide-open, concerted, public conversation about Portland’s mental health system was launched by County Chair Beverly Stein. The conversation became more complex as the […]
By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, December 14, 2003. Not available elsewhere online. The Multnomah County crisis line (503-988-4888) dispatched the county’s mobile crisis unit, Project Respond of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, to one of about 150 calls for mental -health assistance it receives weekly from the public and police. Julie Larson of […]
By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, May 6, 2003. Not available elsewhere online. Any darn-fool manager can make an agency look good when taxes flood in like high tide at full moon. When the tax tide ebbs, though, it takes brains, skill and grit to perform like a star. As one who […]
From the Oregonian, March 24, 2000. Not available elsewhere online. County officials, surprised, see a new political problem rather than hoped-for suggested improvements. When the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners appointed a mental health task force last year, the goal was clear: Figure out a way to improve the county’s deteriorating mental health system. Board […]
From the Oregonian, March 23, 2000. Not available elsewhere online. A group finds that the system needs more money and better accountability and coordination. A Multnomah County task force on mental health issues said Wednesday that the current system needs more money, improved accountability and more coordination between physical and mental health care treatments to […]
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