By Nick Budnick, The Oregonian, Friday, March 02, 2012 Psychiatrist Curt Sturos tends to troubled kids in southern Oregon and considers himself part of a growing awareness that mental health drugs may be overused. So it was a surprise to find himself exhibit A in a recent letter from a powerful U.S. Senator, demanding to […]
From the Portland Mercury, October 6, 2011 Teenager Kyeron Fair’s Saga with Portland’s Justice System Comes to a Confusing Close In the narrow hallway of Multnomah County’s main courthouse, the Fair family crowded into a tight circle last Wednesday, September 28. “In Jesus’ name, we ask for justice for this boy!” called out Kelli Jarrell, […]
Editorial from The Oregonian, October 2, 2011 A study reveals that even those with insurance can’t get emergency psychiatric care READ – well, we’d like to show you the Harvard study referred to in this editorial, but the author doesn’t cite and it’s not online. READ – Doctors Sue Over ER Limits in Washington State, […]
From the Portland Tribune, September 20, 2011 OUR COMMENT – The fight for mental health insurance parity never caught our attention because it protects persons who have private health insurance and multiple hospitalizations each year – a minute fraction of those persons with severe and persistent mental illness. The massive multi-year political capital expended on […]
From The Skanner News, August 31, 2011 Case of Kyeron Fair, charged with Measure 11 for being present during robbery, again put in limbo A teenager hospitalized in the Oregon Health and Sciences University cardiac intensive care unit last year while suffering a mental health crisis in Multnomah County Sheriffs custody, has suffered another mental […]
From The Lund Report, June 1, 2011, by Amanda Waldroupe Nevertheless, concerns about more aggressive changes to the Board persist A bill that fundamentally changes the way people are evaluated who are found “guilty except for insanity” is winding its way through the legislature, and represents the most significant changes to the Psychiatric Security Review […]
Prospective analyses of National Health Interview Survey and National Death Index data found an adjusted risk of suicide among male veterans twice that of nonveteran males (1). That study also examined data for 11 female veterans and 246 female nonveterans who completed suicide and found that women with past military service were more likely to […]
-By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner A striking transformation could be in store at the Oregon State Hospital, according to the facility’s new leadership team, Supervisor Greg Roberts, MSW, and Chief Medical Officer Mark Diamond, DO, who spoke about the future Thursday evening at Oregon Health & Science University. Roberts and Diamond weren’t talking […]
Opinion Editorial from the Portland Tribune, December 4, 2008 By Roy Silberstein, president of the Mental Health Association of Portland, and Beckie Child, president of Mental Health America of Oregon. An Oregon Health & Science University task force has determined the hospital is at risk for an armed assault by unknown assailants. This conclusion may […]
SAFE / Wonderland Project – in Eugene Mission: SAFE’S mission is to provide a place for clients and survivors of mental health treatment to obtain and create community, peer-support, and advocacy as well as services for those who are not adequately served by the mental health system. SAFE strives to develop sustainable alternatives in an […]
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