With the resignation earlier this year of Mary Claire Buckley as director of the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) after a state investigation found she “regularly belittled, criticized, swore and screamed at employees, to the point that one woman confessed to crying for 45 minutes after an encounter”, the State of Oregon is now seeking […]
In Oregon, one in four new mothers reports symptoms of depression, either during or after pregnancy. Even though effective screening and treatment exist, most women with maternal depression are never diagnosed, and among those, only 35 percent receive adequate treatment, according to a new Maternal Mental Health Work Group Report. Wendy Davis, Ph.D., knows this […]
The Oregon State Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission has produced a strategic plan in the form of a report to outgoing Governor Ted Kulongoski. It’s short on details and how to pay for it – but otherwise the report is terrific. Affirming the strategy in this report, and shifting funds to meet this blatant need […]
From the Salem Stateman Journal, January 11 2009 Many programs face budget cuts – Budget reduces care for some seniors, spending for alcohol, drug treatment Social services make up the second-largest chunk of the state general fund. Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s budget proposes spending 22.9 percent of state tax and lottery dollars on human resources programs. […]
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