PolitiFact Oregon, Feb. 16, 2013 Peter Courtney on Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 in a press release says, “Statistics indicate that one in eight children, and one in 18 adults in Oregon suffers from mental illness.” Do one in eight Oregon children and one in 18 adults suffer from mental illness? Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, […]
By The Oregonian Editorial Board, Feb. 11, 2013 It would not be unreasonable to argue that if we eliminated obesity and mental illness, just about everything would improve: Medical and social service costs would plummet, people would stay in school and lead productive lives, the prison population would decline by up to one third, government […]
By the Associated Press via StatesmanJournal.com, Feb. 6, 2013 A key Oregon legislator called Wednesday for a new tax to pay for a major investment in mental health treatment, saying recent mass shootings in the nation had made it “game-change time.” Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, proposed a dedicated tax or fee to raise $331 […]
From OPB.org, January 22, 2013 Recent mass shootings in Oregon and Connecticut have thrust mental health issues into the spotlight. Some Oregon lawmakers and mental health advocates hope there’s enough momentum to keep the conversation front and center. Unlike gun control, there is a consensus that appears to be emerging on funding mental health programs. […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, Dick Hughes’ Blog, January 17, 2013 I think state Senate President Peter Courtney is right. But I challenge Oregonians to prove him wrong. Courtney contends the Oregon Legislature lacks the political will to confront the overriding factor behind many of the mass shootings that have struck our state and nation: […]
By Alan Gustafson, Statesman Journal, Mar. 1, 2012 A years-long push to replace the crumbling Oregon State Hospital with a world-class psychiatric facility is nearing the finish line. The third and final mass move of patients into the newly completed $280 million, 620-bed hospital complex is scheduled for March 13-15. The new facility replaces a […]
By Saul Hubbard, The (Eugene) Register-Guard, Feb. 22, 2012 SALEM — As the monthlong 2012 legislative session enters the home stretch, the fate of continued construction funding for the proposed new state psychiatric hospital in Junction City remains unclear. To keep the project moving through next June and the 174-bed hospital on track to open […]
READ – Junction City hospital the worst way to treat mentally ill CONTACT – Committee members of the capital construction subcommittee of the Joint Ways and Means Committee. See contact information below. MESSAGE – Patients and professionals agree: funds are needed for community-based outpatient mental health services – not a new hospital. Don’t commit another […]
From the Los Angeles Times, May 14, 2011 In Building 60 at Oregon State Hospital, thousands of copper canisters of cremated remains sat unclaimed, identified only by a number. In recent years, measures have been taken to reunite relatives with their lost loved ones. The two copper canisters once shared the darkness of a decaying […]
From the Eugene Register Guard, March 20, 2011 Plans to build a long-promised state psychiatric hospital in Junction City are facing more opposition than ever in the Legislature. The state budget shortfall, human rights concerns and scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Justice are among the reasons opponents want the state to cancel the project. […]
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