Neil Goldschmidt – Oregon Mental Health Archive

Inadequate staffing leaves mental patients unsafe

October 25, 1987

Mind Games: Oregon’s Mental Health System First of a five part series on the Oregon State Hospital From The Oregonian – October 25, 1987. Not available elsewhere online. Asylum: A place where one is safe and secure.” — Webster’s New World Dictionary. When George Lewis Archer, 60, collapsed dead in a pool of blood by […]

Superintendent of Dammasch State Hospital to retire

October 20, 1987

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From the Oregonian – October 20, 1987. Not available elsewhere online. Dr. Victor M. Holm, the superintendent of Dammasch State Hospital in Wilsonville for the past seven years, announced his retirement Monday, citing what he called a “mutual” decision he had reached with Kevin Concannon, the new state Human Resources chief. Concannon announced his decision […]