Portland Business Journal, April 29, 2015 Women addicted to heroin or who have other substance abuse problems are often very reluctant to seek out prenatal care when they get pregnant. Portland-based Health Share of Oregon is trying to overcome that attitude by creating a safe environment. The largest Coordinated Care Organization, Health Share used part […]
From The Lund Report, April 24, 2014 Mary Monnat, president and CEO of LifeWorks NW, isn’t known as a quitter. In her 30-plus years at LifeWorks NW, the mental health and addiction prevention and treatment organization has grown from 50 staff members treating a few thousand clients per year to a tri-county operation with over […]
By Saundra Sorenson, Portland Tribune, Jan. 3, 2013 Asking to be identified only as Allen, the 53-year-old occasional Tualatin resident works hard to keep up appearances. Well-coiffed, smartly dressed in a blazer over a sweater, Allen doesn’t have the look of a man who lives in his car and depends on the facilities at the […]
From Fox 12 Oregon Clackamas County has people willing to listen if you are facing traumatic thoughts following Tuesday’s deadly shooting at the Clackamas Town Center. County health workers encourage anyone experiencing a mental health crisis or traumatic stress to call the Clackamas County Crisis Line at 503-655-8585. Experts say traumatic stress is a normal […]
By Christen McCurdy, The Lund Report, Nov. 8, 2012 There’s a very high preponderance of people on the Oregon Health Plan who have a mental health or substance abuse problem, according to Mary Monnat, president and CEO of LifeWorks NW. In the Portland metropolitan area, such problems affect 70 percent of that population. Now that […]
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