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Oregon slow to deal with troubled facilities for troubled kids

December 22, 2008
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From the Oregonian, December 20 2008 Authorities knew of problems at two institutions that house Oregon’s most troubled children: Kids getting the wrong medication; workers with criminal records; a teen with a broken collarbone after a fight with staff; and unsupervised mentally ill youths. But instead of closing the institutions, state licensing officials spent several […]

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Budget Prospects May Chill State Hospital Hiring

November 21, 2008
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From OPB.org, November 20 2008 State agencies in Oregon are facing tough choices. They’re looking for ways to cut their budgets after the latest round of gloomy economic projections. The news is especially disappointing for the Oregon State Hospital in Salem, where officials had been planning to ramp up hiring in a big way. A […]

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Hospital restraint figures (not) revealed

November 20, 2008
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Portland Tribune, November 2008 Hospital restraint figures revealed – State to make public quarterly data about psychiatric units The data described in this article is available online. Adult Seclusion and Restraint Occurrences Per 1000 Patient Days: 1st Quarter 2008 (PDF) (NOTE: DHS has linked to data which DOES NOT provide facility-specific information for adults, as […]

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Multnomah County cuts some contracts with Cascadia

June 17, 2008
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From the Oregonian, June 17, 2008 The struggling mental health provider will keep control of three clinics Multnomah County announced a reorganization of its local mental health system Monday, substantially scaling back contracts with struggling Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare and setting the stage for a potentially difficult transition for clients with mental illness. By transferring roughly […]

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Morrow-Wheeler Behavioral Health pulls center plan’s plug

June 15, 2008
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from the East Oregonian, June 13, 2008 The eight-bed treatment center for mentally ill men that Morrow-Wheeler Behavioral Health (MWBH) tried to build near Fossil, and now Boardman, may have finally met its demise amid a firestorm of public opposition. The organization’s director, Kimberly Lindsay, said she and the board of directors decided not to […]

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Study Finds Oregon’s Mentally Ill Dying Early

June 13, 2008
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from OPB.com, June 12, 2008 Oregonians with serious mental illness and addictions are dying much younger than the state’s general population. A new study from Oregon’s Department of Human Services found that 89-percent of people treated for both mental illness and substance abuse die before age 50. The premature deaths are often due to chronic […]

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Cascadia gets loans from state, county

May 7, 2008
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From the Oregonian, May 7, 2008 Mental health – The $2.5 million buys the service provider some time, but it faces an “uncertain future” State and Multnomah County officials agreed Tuesday to provide up to $2.5 million in loans to keep Oregon’s largest mental health care provider operating for the next two months. The loans […]

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