The Lund Report, March 6, 2015 HB 2363 puts Oregon Health Authority administrative rules into statute in an effort to minimize the use of non-therapeutic isolation of patients who come to emergency rooms during a mental breakdown but are locked in a room while receiving minimal treatment. Some Republicans objected to micro-managing the administrative process […]
The Lund Report, May 21 2014 About 3,000 people walked five kilometers Sunday, holding balloons and signs memorializing loved ones lost to mental illness. The walk was a fundraiser and awareness event for Oregon’s chapter of the National Association on Mental Illness, which has been holding walks around the country for about 12 years, said […]
From the Portland Skanner, February 2, 2011 The family of Parkrose High School Senior Kyeron Fair heard yesterday that the teen – hospitalized in a cardiac intensive care unit while in Multnomah County law enforcement custody last year, then sent to a psychiatric facility after suffering a severe mental breakdown – may be offered bail […]
From The Skanner, October 12, 2010 Portland-area lawmakers are spearheading an investigation into why 17-year-old Kyeron Fair was hospitalized in an intensive care unit while in the custody of Multnomah County law enforcement last month. The youth suffered a nervous breakdown and severe psychiatric problems – as well as unexplained internal injuries — after being […]
From the Portland Mercury, November 19, 2009 Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman has overruled Police Chief Rosie Sizer and ordered the suspension of Portland Police Officer Christopher Humphreys, after he shot a 12-year-old girl in the leg with a “less-lethal” beanbag round on Saturday night. The action has outraged the Portland Police Association, whose president, Scott […]
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