History of Care of Insane in the State of Oregon By O. Larsell Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Dec., 1945), pp. 295-326 DOWNLOAD – History of Care of Insane in the State of Oregon. THE FIRST REFERENCE to insanity among white men in the Northwest occurs in connection with a massacre by the […]
Department of Human Services, Addictions and Mental Health Division Oregon State Hospital – Administrative Overview November 2009 READ – this document in it’s original formatting (PDF) Introduction Oregon State Hospital is Oregon’s primary state-run psychiatric facility for adults. Oregon State Hospital (OSH) is committed to wellness, providing a continuum of quality mental health, physical health […]
By Bob Nikkel, MSW, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Mental Health Services, MHDDSD February 2000 DOWNLOAD – this essay as a formatted PDF document. [The material for this short history is based primarily on an article by O. Larsell, which appeared in the December, 1945 issue of Oregon Historical Quarterly; and a paper by Jim […]
Staffing has been a trouble from the first moment in the history of the Oregon State Hospital. The public view of psychiatry in Oregon started with a recruitment advertisement in The Oregonian on July 23, 1862 for the Oregon State Hospital and Insane Asylum. At that moment, 148 years ago, Dr. James Hawthorne may have […]
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