The Center for Investigative Reporting, April 3, 2014 A delusional veteran jumps off the roof of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Portland, Ore., after the VA fails to place him in a locked psychiatric ward or give him antipsychotic drugs At the VA in Roseburg, hospital staff send a veteran home with […]
By Christopher David Grey, The Lund Report, May 20, 2013 Rep. Jim Weidner of McMinnville is typically the most conservative Republican on the House Health Committee, but after an emotional debate on Friday he was moved to become the lone GOP representative to join with the Democrats to send to the floor Senate Bill 281 […]
By Mike Francis, The Oregonian, May 9, 2013 Five mental health workers have joined the Portland VA Medical Center as part of a national hiring initiative, with four of them joining the center’s program to bring services to rural veterans. They join more than 300 VA mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, April 9, 2013 Portland police have selected about 50 officers who volunteered to be part of a new specialized unit to respond to mental health crisis calls. The new unit is one of the initiatives that federal justice investigators last year urged the bureau to adopt to improve police encounters […]
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