Kaiser Health News, Nov. 12, 2015 Almost 8 percent of Americans 12 and older dealt with depression at some point between 2009 and 2012. With that many of us feeling blue, wouldn’t it be nice if we could simply hop on the computer in our pajamas, without any of the stigma of asking for help, […]
BuzzFeed, August 30, 2015 Bekah Miles, a 20-year-old student at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon, has made a big splash by helping to bring attention to a pressing mental health issue. Miles was diagnosed with depression last year, and she told BuzzFeed that she sought help after hearing her college professor’s story of dealing […]
Global News, August 12, 2014 WATCH – Dr. Jeffrey Lieberan, Chairman of Psychiatry at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, discusses the factors that could have contributed to Robin Williams’ apparent suicide. Actor and comedian Robin Williams was found dead Monday morning at his home in Tiburon, California. While an investigation into the cause […]
KOMO News, June 21, 2014 As of July 5, KDRV.com reports that Hicks has reached Dallas. Frustrated by inaction from the Department of Veteran Affairs, a local disabled veteran will embark on a cross-country road trip to help combat the growing number of veteran suicides in the United States. Scott Hicks of Grants Pass, Oregon […]
By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner, June 29, 2014 Facebook manipulated users’ news feeds in order to conduct a “massive” psychology experiment on how the content of posts influences emotions, according to a new paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. And of course, Facebook being Facebook, they didn’t […]
By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner, March 15, 2014 Gayathri Ramprasad’s story begins a world away from Cedar Mill, Oregon, where she now makes her home. Growing up in Bangalore, everything was different, from her expected role as a young woman in Brahmin society, to – as she would later learn – which way […]
By James Dao, The New York Times, August 6, 2013 In the largest study of its kind, military medical researchers have concluded that deployments to war zones and exposure to combat were not major factors behind a significant increase in suicides among military personnel from 2001 to 2008, according to a paper published on Tuesday. […]
By Linda Rosenberg, President & CEO, National Council for Behavioral Health, June 21, 2013 Ever wondered what it’s like to live with a mental illness or addiction? Is there hope? Is help available? The Other Side ― an award-winning 5-minute film marking the 50th anniversary of the Community Mental Health Act passed by President Kennedy […]
By Dr. Pamela Wible, The Lund Report, May 21, 2013 A psychiatrist in Seattle had picked out the bridge. At 3 a.m. he would swerve across his lane and plunge into the water. Everyone would assume he fell asleep. A surgeon in Oregon was lying on the floor of her office with a scalpel. Nobody […]
By Marianne Udow-Phillips, Bridge Magazine, on MLive Media Group, May 12, 2013 Recent reports about a Medicaid experiment in Oregon reveal a major disconnect we have in the health care world: we make a historic — and unwarranted — distinction between “physical health” and “mental health.” Worse, that distinction actually interferes with both our investment […]
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