Group homes for [people with mental illness] – Part 1 NBC5 News, Nov. 2, 2015 Thousands of Southern Oregon residents are dealing with some sort of mental illness and thanks to the state, county, and private companies, many of them live together possibly in your neighborhood. These group homes are all over and you aren’t […]
Mail Tribune, Oct. 5, 2014 Kathy Randle was working as a nurse when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system, often leading to disability. The disease ended her nursing career.”I was staying at home and got more and more depressed and I tried to […]
Bend Bulletin, September 21, 2014 MEDFORD — Liza Reibel used to suffer from such severe clinical depression she not only rarely left her house, she rarely left her bedroom. Today, she is on the board of directors and is a member of the newly opened Compass House, a Medford club that welcomes people living with […]
KOBI-TV 5 Medford, Sept. 18, 2014 Southern Oregon’s first clubhouse for people struggling with mental illness held its grand opening Wednesday. The Compass House offers a place of safety, belonging and empowerment. It’s on sixth street in Medford and also serves as a resource center. Matthew Vorderstrasse is the Compass House’s Executive Director says, “Through […]
KOBI-TV Medford, May 21, 2014 The state of Oregon is putting the most money ever toward mental health services, that’s according to State Representative Peter Buckley (D-Ashland). The increased state funding means there are a lot of exciting things that are happening in Southern Oregon, like more mental health services that are set to start […]
By RaeAnn Christensen, NBC5 News, Nov. 12, 2013 In Oregon, a review by the Wall Street Journal found that more than half of the state’s inmates suffer from some type of mental health issue. “A lot of people end up in jail because they have a mental illness not necessarily because they are a danger,” […]
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