By Alan Gustafson, Statesman Journal, Jan. 19, 2012 A new two-tiered system for releasing criminally committed patients from the Oregon State Hospital is being launched at the Salem psychiatric facility, raising hopes that some patients will have shorter, less costly stints of care. But even as some patients and mental health advocates welcome the new […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, September 18, 2011 A bill that modifies how mental patients with criminal pasts are released from the Oregon State Hospital has left confusion, bitterness and dueling state legal opinions in its wake, months after its passage by the 2011 Legislature. Senate Bill 420 cleared the Legislature after an intense lobbying […]
From The Lund Report, May 17, 2011 Mental health advocates urge legislators to reform the Psychiatric Security Review Board Mental health advocates, in alliance with patients at the Oregon State Hospital, believe House Bill 3100 doesn’t go far enough to reform the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB), and are urging legislators to make significant changes. […]
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