Health Share of Oregon has appointed Dr. Maggie Bennington-Davis as senior medical director of the Tri-County Metro area coordinated care organization. Currently chief medical officer and chief operating officer for Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, Oregon’s largest comprehensive community mental health program, Bennington-Davis will join Health Share on May 18. She will lead the coordinated care organization’s […]
The Oregonian, Feb. 11, 2014 Health Share of Oregon has received a nearly $500,000 grant from the state to set up Multnomah County’s first specialized team of mental health professionals dedicated to treating people with severe mental illnesses who have had frequent contact with police or frequent jail stays. Health Share will partner with Cascadia […]
Spoken testimony delivered by Kristi Jamison at the Fairness Hearing, Feb. 18, 2014 “Honorable Judge Simon, members of the court: my name is Kristi Jamison and I am the Executive Director of Empowerment Initiatives, a peer-managed wellness program active in Portland for nearly a decade. I thank you for the opportunity to be heard. I […]
By Maggie Bennington-Davis, MD, Chief Medical & Operations Officer of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare The shooting in Connecticut is horrible, and is likely affecting all of us in varying ways. Many of us are also much affected by the shooting at the Clackamas mall – both in our own lives and those of our clients. These […]
Salem Statesman Journal, March 18, 2012 For decades, the Oregon State Hospital was mired in misery. Behind the Salem hospital’s crumbling facade, mentally ill Oregonians were packed into a bleak, antiquated and unsafe asylum. New state-of-the-art facilities are now in place, but opinions are divided when it comes to a key question: Are patients receiving […]
Guest opinion by Richard Harris, director of the Addictions and Mental Health Division of the Oregon Health Authority Right now, our state is engaged in an important discussion about how to provide treatment for those suffering from mental illness, especially those who may have committed a crime. The goal is to provide the right care […]
From the Oregonian, December 2, 2011 Beginning next year, emergency calls for help from people suffering from mental illness in Multnomah County may not automatically bring a police officer to the door. The new process is expected to work like this: 9-1-1 dispatchers would do a quick screen to make sure the caller isn’t an […]
From the Oregonian, October 3, 2011 David Pollack was medical director of Oregon’s mental health program when he learned just how far psychiatric drugs had spread. About 250 kids between ages 1 and 6 who the Oregon Health Plan tracked were prescribed antipsychotics and antidepressants, despite no proof of early-age safety for them. “How could […]
From The Oregonian, July 13, 2010 Lynda Hughes can tell when her son, Devin [Hughes], wavers on the edge of psychosis. It’s hard to catch him before he falls. The towering 26-year-old stays safe and content when he takes his medicine and lives with people who look after him. “I can go along for a […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, October 30, 2009 The board must address more issues than patient treatment, Courtney says A new Oregon State Hospital advisory board needs to focus on fixing problems at the psychiatric facility instead of being cheerleaders for reforms already achieved, several panel members said Thursday. “I don’t want this group to […]
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