Mental Health Association of Portland – Oregon's impartial & Independent advocate
Ann Kasper has been a keen advocate for persons with mental illness and a witness to the justice system as it pertains to persons who are ill. Her past seven-part video series, A Commitment To Dignity, is available via this web site. In Advocate for Wellness – Mental Health Court, Ann talks with Richard Baldwin, […]
The idea may seem preposterous. But the authors of a new study weren’t laughing when they announced they had identified signs of schizophrenia in babies only a few weeks old. A group of researchers led by John H. Gilmore, MD used ultrasound and MRI to look for brain abnormalities in 26 babies born to mothers […]
From the Portland Mental Health Examiner, June 27, 2010 Stuart Weisberg, MD, who ran a solo psychiatry practice in Northwest Portland and planned to open an assisted suicide clinic in Sellwood, had his medical license suspended on June 24 for unrelated violations, including questionable prescribing practices. Weisberg said his assisted suicide business was inspired by […]
From the Portland Business Journal, June 2010 – not available online Under Derald Walker’s leadership, Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare quietly turned itself around. Two years after a financial meltdown nearly destroyed Multnomah County’s safety net for the mentally ill, the nonprofit at the center of the crisis has rebounded. Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Inc. is a shadow […]
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