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2022-06-13 15:48
ADDICTIONS RECOVERY MENTOR PROGRAM
BRIDGING THE GAP: DETOX TO TREATMENT SERVICE ENGAGEMENT
January 2001
READ – formatted version of this important report (PDF)
Abstract
The Mentor Pro… Read More
2022-06-06 21:45
Landon Payne
Landon Payne was killed during the custody of the Lane County jail staff – sworn deputies and contract health care workers – March 27, 2020 after an altercation and… Read More
2022-06-04 17:31
A rare find! Here is the Metropolitan Portland Study of Alcohol and Drug Problems within the Black Community from 1976, found in a file cabinet in the basement of Providence Hospital. We had… Read More
2022-05-10 02:27
May 5, 2022
Administrator
Oregon State Hospital Junction City
29398 Recovery Way
Junction City, OR 97448
Re: CMS Certification Number:
Conditions of Participation Not Met
Removed Deemed St… Read More
2022-05-08 15:06
Portland Business Journal – Apr 7, 2022
Monta Knudson is one of hundreds of addiction services providers who scrambled to apply by the late December deadline for grants under the… Read More
2022-04-30 15:47
FROM: Mental Health Alliance
TO: Mayor Ted Wheeler, City of Portland
TO: Chief Charles Lovell, Portland Police Bureau
Attention: Ashley Lancaster, Portland Police Bureau
April 20, 2022
RE:… Read More
2022-04-18 20:49
Chelsea King
Chelsea King
Candidate for State Senator
Campaign website – www.chelseakingfororegon.com
Campaign email address – [email protected]
READ – All S… Read More
2022-04-18 20:39
Coach Kay – Keisha Merchant
Coach Kay – Keisha Merchant
Candidate for Governor
Campaign website – https://drcoachkay.wixsite.com/drcoachkay4governor
Campaign email address… Read More
2022-04-15 15:02
Measure 110 was approved by Oregon voters in the November 2020 election and decriminalized most Possession of a Controlled Substance (PCS) offenses as of February 1, 2021. Those PCS offenses… Read More
2022-04-15 14:54
The Intersect: the Oregon Judicial Department’s Behavioral Health Newsletter – “Courts Meeting Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Needs” – March 2022
The… Read More
2022-04-08 17:12
Ron Wyden
Candidate for United States Senator
Campaign website – WydenforSenate.com
Campaign email address – [email protected]
Ron WydenQuestion One – People with… Read More
2022-03-31 22:44
Michael Trimble
Candidate for Oregon Governor
Campaign website – https://www.trimbleforgov.com
Campaign email address – [email protected]
Michael TrimbleQuestion One &nda&hell…Read More
2022-03-11 01:27
Marc Thielman
Marc Thielman
Candidate for Governor
Campaign website – marcfororegon.com
Campaign email address – [email protected]
Question One – People with lived exp… Read More
2022-03-11 01:22
Patrick Starnes
Patrick Starnes
Candidate for Governor
Campaign website – https://starnes2022.com/
Campaign email address – [email protected]
Question One – People wi… Read More
2022-03-08 00:00
Mental Health Association of Portland
Job Description – Conference Coordinator
20 hours per week / $22 per hour – Flexible schedule – Remote work environment
PDF – Jo… Read More
2022-03-07 19:44
Basic Facts – Joel Michael Arevalo, 30, was shot and killed by Portland Police Bureau acting Sergeant Zachary Kenney and Officer Reynaldo Guevara on February 19, 2022 in a condominium… Read More
2022-03-04 21:09
The path ahead has its obstacles, from bureaucracy to staying in touch with a very mobile population.
By Karina Brown, Portland Monthly March 1, 2022
One gray morning in January, commun… Read More
2022-03-04 16:03
John Selker
John Selker
Candidate for US House of Representatives – District 4
Campaign website – www.selker4congress.org
Campaign email address – [email protected]… Read More
2022-03-04 15:56
Lori Stegmann
Lori Stegmann
Candidate for Multnomah County Chair
Campaign website – www.votelori.com
Campaign email address – [email protected]
Question One – People w… Read More
2022-03-04 15:46
Jennifer McGuirk
Jennifer McGuirk
Candidate for Multnomah County Auditor
Campaign website – www.jennifermcguirk.com
Campaign email address – [email protected]
Question… Read More
2022-02-27 04:38
Evan Geier
Evan Geier
Candidate for Clackamas County Commissioner
Campaign website – www.evan.wiki
Campaign email address – [email protected]
Question One – People with li… Read More
2022-02-25 23:56
Libra Forde
Libra Forde
Candidate for Clackamas County Commissioner
Campaign website – https://www.libraforclackamascounty.com/
Campaign email address – info@libraforclackamascou… Read More
2022-02-25 23:46
Ifeanyichukwu Diru
Ifeanyichukwu Diru
Candidate for Governor
Campaign website – www.tosein.com
Campaign email address – [email protected]
Question One – People with li… Read More
2022-02-24 22:46
Dana Hindman-Allen
Candidate for Clackamas County Commissioner
[email protected]
Question One – People with lived experience of mental illness, addiction, alcoh… Read More
2022-02-23 22:30
Jennifer Kinzey
Candidate for Oregon House District 34
[email protected]
Question One – People with lived experience of mental illness, addiction, alcoh… Read More
2022-02-23 22:00
On February 22 we sent out 151 inquiries to candidates for state and local area offices, including Governor, US Senate, US House of Representatives, State Senate and House positions in the P… Read More
2022-02-22 15:35
From The Oregonian, February 21, 2022
Universal Health Services is giving up on its planned psychiatric hospital in Wilsonville due to what it called “untenable” conditions put o… Read More
2022-02-17 16:16
Documents and articles related to the consulting work by Dr. Debra A. Pinals, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Law, Psychiatry and Ethics at Oregon State Hospital, 2021 &n&hell…Read More
2022-02-11 15:30
Basic Facts – Nick Rodin, age, was shot and killed by a Crook County Oregon sheriff’s deputy on February 4, 2022 outside of Prineville, Oregon. According to a private investigato… Read More
2021-11-22 16:25
KOIN.com Nov 20, 2021
A federal judge has granted a restraining order against the Oregon State Hospital (OSH) after two inmates filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force their transport to t… Read More
2021-10-21 14:39
New Concerns About Racism, Transphobia Raised With Oregon State Hospital Leadership
Lund Report – October 20, 2021
Members of Oregon State Hospital’s Advisory Board want answers… Read More
2021-10-18 05:11
Medford Mail Tribune – Oct. 18, 2021
Circuit Court judge allows hearing to learn why state health entities have left defendant in Jackson County Jail since January
A man who has been i… Read More
2021-09-28 15:38
Lund Report – September 28, 2021
Disability Rights Oregon staff have found Oregon State Hospital in dire condition and heard repeated warnings from hospital staff and providers about a… Read More
2021-09-25 19:22
Here are the active crisis responders and outreach teams – that we know of. There very well could be more out there. Some are a mix of both crisis responders and outreach. If you know… Read More
2021-09-24 19:01
We are still grieving the loss of Robert, whom we loved very much. We are disappointed in the grand jury’s decision, but not surprised, and will review the facts carefully in the weeks… Read More
2021-09-24 16:40
Robert Delgado
Supporters of the Mental Health Association of Portland are deeply disappointed in a Multnomah County Grand Jury’s failure to indict Portland police officer Zachary DeLo… Read More
2021-09-16 15:47
Multnomah County Poor Farm admissions register index (transcribed). This file is a 500+ page 160 MB PDF so be patient; it will take a moment or so to download. The PDF is not searchable. Bel… Read More
2021-08-26 22:54
The entities known as Universal Health Services, doing business in Oregon as NEWCO, Inc. which intends to do business as Willamette Valley Behavioral Health, filed a Certificate of Need appl… Read More
2021-08-25 01:48
Here are the documents submitted to the court and discussed in US DOJ v City of Portland for the August 24 2021 Status Conference. For an overview on the case see – United States v. Ci… Read More
2021-07-15 23:14
From The Oregonian, July 15, 2021
Body-worn cameras for all Portland police officers.
A qualified civilian supervisor to lead the police training division.
Identifying and holding accountabl… Read More
2021-05-28 15:17
From the Oregonian, May 27 2021
The Oregon State Hospital’s critical staff shortage reached a new level this week, and officials have called for the National Guard to help fill roles v… Read More
2021-04-02 17:04
Leaders of the City of Portland often claim the city does not provide services to people with mental illness, addiction, alcoholism, and that those services are entirely the province of othe… Read More
2021-03-10 18:11
By Tanner Aliff. For The Register-Guard, March 6, 2021
It took a while for me to get used to the screaming of handcuffed patients spastically yelling murderous threats at their police escort… Read More
2021-02-24 19:23
Polk County Itemizer-Observer – February 24, 2021
Polk County must hold Daniel Hauge-Cook until state mental hosptial has space
DALLAS — Polk County law enforcement officials are… Read More
2021-02-05 22:01
Below are a list of all persons shot and killed, shot and wounded, shot at and not killed, and killed by a conducted electrical weapon (CEW), also known as a Taser, in Oregon, in 2020, by st… Read More
2021-02-04 19:55
The Oregon Health Authority is pleased to announce the appointment of 21 members to serve on a new Oversight and Accountability Council (OAC) to oversee the implementation of Measure 110, th… Read More
2021-02-01 16:59
Multnomah County to ‘close out,’ revamp transitional home for Black women leaving prison after evaluator’s critical report
From The Oregonian – February 1, 2021
Multn… Read More
2021-01-26 21:11
Discharged Portland patient, found handcuffed and shivering in ambulance bay, plans to sue Unity psychiatric hospital
Oregonian – November 23, 2020
An attorney for a man ordered out of… Read More
2021-01-19 16:45
Sent by email January 19, 2021
Dear Governor Brown,
First, thank you again for appearing virtually at our December 2020 Oregon Housing Conference to welcome the 450+ attendees. Your comments… Read More
2021-01-19 00:13
Oregon Data extracted from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, December 2020
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) provides national and state-level data on the use of t… Read More
2021-01-10 15:44
From the Corvallis Advocate, JANUARY 9, 2021 by Andy Thompson
Editor’s Note: The names and other identifying information of the family in this story have been changed
For family and o… Read More
2021-01-08 16:44
From the Oregonian, January 8, 2021
As a growing coronavirus outbreak at the Oregon State Hospital fills up the facility’s lone COVID-19 unit, administrators this week moved to stop ad… Read More
2021-01-08 01:26
From OPB.org, January 7, 2021
The project, still in its infancy, is a significantly more ambitious undertaking than a simple replacement of the sobering center.
When it comes to drug and alc… Read More
2020-12-31 16:40
From the Portland Tribune, December 30 2020
The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a Washington County ruling regarding the lack of speedy admissions to the hospital for those unfit to stand tri… Read More
2020-12-02 16:10
From the board of the Mental Health Association of Portland
Recently the SAMHSA has begun requiring grantees to use the term behavioral health for a bucket of illnesses and disorders. It&rsq&hell…Read More
2020-11-07 16:25
Full report is here – Analysis of Oregon’s Publicly Funded Substance Abuse Treatment System: Report and Findings for Senate Bill 1041 (PDF)
Oregon Criminal Justice Commission &nd&hell…Read More
2020-11-02 16:28
Petition by Oregon Advocacy Program to Oregon State Hospital, 1988
Seeking public records – Incident and/or abuse report documenting suicide investigation of named patient at OSH &ndas&hell…Read More
2020-10-19 19:35
Published in Street Roots, October 2020
Since Aaron Campbell’s death, at least 20 people with mental health or substance problems have been killed by Portland police. Say their names… Read More
2020-10-16 18:11
This post documents the impact of COVID on the Oregon State Hospital. COVID arrived in Oregon March 2020.
First OSH patient tests positive for COVID-19
OHA PRESS RELEASE Thursday, October 1… Read More
2020-10-14 15:32
Portland Tribune October 13 2020
Trauma-informed design is one part of the new five floor center downtown opening in 2022 to help the chronically homeless.
Some things don’t change in… Read More
2020-10-09 23:13
The Lund Report – September 2020
READ – Chronic and Systemic Issues in Oregon’s Mental Health Treatment System Leave Children and Their Families in Crisis (PDF)
A 9-year-ol… Read More
2020-09-30 17:59
From the Lund Report, September 28, 2020
State and federal authorities have launched a new crackdown at Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland following complaints that the psychiatr… Read More
2020-09-25 20:40
The Mental Health Association of Portland, one of Oregon’s most active advocates for people with mental illness, addiction, and alcoholism urges a NO vote on state Ballot Measure 110… Read More
2020-09-24 03:40
From the New York Review of Books, September 20, 2020
Eugene, Oregon—Every call that is dispatched through the radio, twenty-four hours a day, to the CAHOOTS crisis responders is a tin… Read More
2020-09-19 14:35
As COVID-19 keeps some folks at home, grocery delivery and pickup should be available to people who receive food benefits
Published in Street Roots, September 18, 2020
I’ve got a dilem… Read More
2020-09-16 16:11
The Lund Report – September 15, 2020
A high-powered governor’s council for behavioral health has ended its work, leaving members disappointed in the group’s failure to dev… Read More
2020-09-02 01:12
Clancy I – AA History #1, Stateline Retreat 2009
http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/clancy-i-aahistorystatelinertrt2009cd232.mp3
Clancy I – AA Histor… Read More
2020-07-22 16:20
From The Lund Report, July 21, 2020
When Gov. Kate Brown set up her Behavioral Health Advisory Council in October 2019, advocates and medical professionals hoped Oregon would finally spark m… Read More
2020-07-21 20:52
By Joseph D Bloom, Juliet Britton, Wil Berry
July 2020
Abstract
In 1973 the Oregon Legislature passed a major revision of its civil commitment law adopting changes that mirrored those taking… Read More
2020-07-20 19:09
From the Lund Report, July 2020
The Oregon Health Authority plans to add new management positions to its behavioral health division, even as the agency faces potential budget cuts that could… Read More
2020-07-11 21:53
Oregonian – July 10, 2008 – not online
By A G Sulzberger
Cascadia’s rise and fall
1984: Multnomah County stops providing mental health services itself and begins contractin… Read More
2020-07-03 15:20
Eds Note: This post is a little far afield for our archive but at a time where our city’s police are using undue and deadly force against relatively peaceful demonstrators everyday, se… Read More
2020-07-02 21:18
Washington Recovery Services has face masks for sale – in bulk and at cost – to churches, nonprofit organizations, government offices, service organizations, private and public s… Read More
2020-06-20 14:34
An excerpt from OSB Bulletin June 2020, “Coping With COVID-19 Legal Community Responds to ‘Conditions We’ve Never Seen Before’”
DOWNLOAD – 202006 OSB Bull… Read More
2020-06-10 23:00
The Work Group to Decriminalize Mental Illness usually meets monthly to discuss state legislative work. The work group is open to the public, and chaired by Judge Patrick Wolke and St. Senat… Read More
2020-06-10 03:55
Author – Michael Hopcroft, Board member of the Mental Health Association of Portland
On February 25th, a status conference was held in federal court about the settlement of a civil rig… Read More
2020-05-31 15:02
“Fleas dream of buying themselves a dog, and nobodies dream of escaping poverty: that, one magical day, good luck will suddenly rain down on them — will rain down in buckets. Bu… Read More
2020-05-29 13:36
OREGON STATE HOSPITAL Office of the Superintendent
Kate Brown, Governor
2600 Center Street NE Salem, OR, 97301 Voice: 503-945-9265 May 22, 2020
Fax: 503-945-9839
Memorandum – May 22… Read More
2020-05-27 02:34
Columbian – May 26, 2020Columbian – May 26, 2020
When COVID-19 hit, the Vancouver Navigation Center had just been getting back on track.
The city-owned day shelter for people wit… Read More
2020-05-20 15:33
From OPB.org May 15, 2020
The family of a woman who died in the Josephine County Jail in 2018 filed a lawsuit last month against the county, sheriff and private medical companies responsibl… Read More
2020-05-12 15:25
From the Lund Report – May 11, 2020From the Lund Report – May 11, 2020
The Oregon Health Authority may freeze new behavioral health programs, remove nearly one-quarter of the bed… Read More
2020-05-10 17:56
Washington Recovery Services has face masks for sale – in bulk and at cost – to churches, nonprofit organizations, government offices, service organizations, private and public s… Read More
2020-05-05 16:13
From the Salem Statesman JournalFrom the Salem Statesman Journal
May 5, 2020
Tony Villasenor had a persistent cough, flu-like symptoms and shortness of breath.
In his early 60s, with underly… Read More
2020-04-27 15:22
From The Lund Report, April 2020From The Lund Report, April 2020
Advocates of a long-stalled proposal to build a psychiatric hospital in Wilsonville have urged Gov. Kate Brown to let the pro… Read More
2020-04-24 19:10
From the Oregonian April 24, 2020
Three African American women who helped run Multnomah County’s first transitional housing program for black women returning to the community after pri… Read More
2020-04-19 04:52
Multnomah County Mental Health Program Again In Turmoil, With Staff Forced Out, Investigation Launched
The Lund Report, April 18, 2020
Early this year Multnomah County forced out four employ… Read More
2020-04-19 01:02
After investigation into wide-ranging misconduct, Multnomah County will review management of mental health division
Oregonian, April 18, 2020
Months after Multnomah County opened an internal… Read More
2020-04-18 04:53
Multnomah County placed entire mental health court staff on leave following internal investigation
Oregonian, April 17, 2020
Multnomah County placed its entire team of mental health court mo… Read More
2020-04-13 14:37
Virus: Hospitalized patients in Washington state higher than early reports
Q13Fox.com, April 9 2020
About 1,000 patients in Washington state hospitals have confirmed or suspected diagnoses o… Read More
2020-04-13 14:31
Western State Hospital to move patients out to relieve staff; 16 workers, 6 patients have COVID-19
April 3 2020
State mental health officials plan to release as many as 60 patients from Wash… Read More
2020-04-13 14:22
As number of COVID-19 cases rises, alarm grows among staff at Western State Hospital
KUOW.org, April 7 2020
As a psychiatric social worker at Washington’s Western State Hospital, Maria… Read More
2020-04-13 14:15
Here are articles and reports about the Eastern Washington State Hospital and Western Washington State Hospital and COVID 19. To read the archive for Oregon State Hospital and Oregon State H… Read More
2020-04-12 19:51
State Hospital curtails admissions as concerns over COVID-19 grow
Portland Tribune, March 31 2020
Oregon’s psychiatric facility takes new steps to protect patients and staff, and imple… Read More
2020-04-12 19:48
2nd Oregon State Hospital staff member tests positive for coronavirus
Oregonian, April 5 2020
A second staff member at the Oregon State Hospital has tested positive for coronavirus, official… Read More
2020-04-12 19:47
Here are articles and reports about the Oregon State Hospital and COVID 19. We’ll include items about Oregon State Hospital at Junction City, and both Eastern Washington State Hospital… Read More
2020-04-12 19:46
Oregon State Hospital staff member tests positive for coronavirus
Oregonian, April 6 2020
A staff member at the Oregon State Hospital has tested positive for coronavirus, officials said Frid… Read More
2020-04-12 14:55
Oregon State Hospital reverses course and resumes admissions of mentally ill defendants
Oregonian, April 10 2020
The Oregon State Hospital is abandoning a policy that restricted admissions a… Read More
2020-04-12 14:16
Oregon State Hospital Restricts Admissions, Leaving Some Mentally Ill Inmates Stuck In Jail
OPB.org, April 9 2020
For the second time in less than a year, the Oregon State Hospital has falle… Read More
2020-04-12 13:57
From The Enterprise, April 9, 2020
Lifeways, Inc. laid off all staff at its residential substance abuse treatment facility last Friday, citing concerns over COVID-19. But interviews with sta… Read More
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