Mental Health Association of Portland – Oregon's impartial & Independent advocate
Two too many precious lives have been lost in the past two years. The “blind eye” that has been watching our children to ensure their safety, must end. If there had been a fire in the dorm (heaven forbid), and your child died in that fire, you would look to make sure that all fire […]
The race for Portland City Commission, Position No. 3 has drawn an unusual mix of candidates – even a board member from the Mental Health Association of Portland – to run against incumbent Dan Saltzman. These include Dan, Jesse Cornett, Mary Volm, Spencer Burton, Ed Garren, Martha Perez and Michael Courtney. We’ve asked them all […]
The race for Portland City Commission, Position No. 3 has drawn an unusual mix of candidates – even a board member from the Mental Health Association of Portland – to run against incumbent Dan Saltzman. These include Dan, Jesse Cornett, Mary Volm, Spencer Burton, Ed Garren, Martha Perez and Michael Courtney. We’ve asked them all […]
From the Oregonian April 26, 2010 by Dawn Menken Our children are precious. We adore them, cherish them and provide for them. So how is it that they can be so cruel? We read about bullying and we wonder, whose kids do these things? The answer is our kids. It’s not other families. Bullying is […]
From the Hillsboro Argus, April 23, 2010 The counties that make up the Portland metropolitan area say they need to establish a more collaborative approach in providing mental health services, but not at the cost of long established local connections with their communities. This was the conclusion of a Three-County Leadership Group from Washington, Multnomah […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, April 25, 2010 Prison to adapt to mental illnesses – Salem unit will be converted to help deal with rising population Nearly half of Oregon’s 14,000 prisoners — 6,797 — are mentally ill, according to the Department of Corrections. This troubling convict population has boomed during the past decade and […]
Message from the Portland Police Association’s President Scott Westerman, from March 2010 Immediately after the Aaron Campbell shooting, Chief [Rosie] Sizer stood silent. The community was demanding answers and she stood silent. There is an obvious disconnect between the public’s expectations of the police and the Police Bureau’s training. While this disconnect may not be […]
From the Portland Tribune, April 21, 2010 For years, community activists have pressured the Portland City Council to reduce violent confrontations between the police and the mentally ill. But while police have been placed under the public spotlight as a result of these confrontations, the mental health system doesn’t get the same level of scrutiny. […]
By Casadi Marino, LCSW, board member, Mental Health America of Oregon. Also published in The Oregonian. I have been waiting for another man to die. I’ve asked what could be done to prevent another loss. I can look to what has taken place so far but I don’t find any answers. A man with schizophrenia […]
The Portland Police Bureau has evidently started a pilot project that will place a mental health worker in a day-shift patrol car. The size, scale, the individuals involved, the budget, the data to be collected, the desired outcomes, the duration, are all unknown. The speaker in the video is Crisis Intervention Training coordinator Liesbeth Gerritson. […]
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