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Month: August 2010

Project Director Oregon Peer Employment Network Job Description

August 31, 2010
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FTE: up to .5 FTE Salary: Based upon experience Open: Until filled Essential Duties · Take the lead in planning, organizing, directing, and insuring the completion of all project activities, including those of subcontractors · Participate in reviewing and advising adaptation of the curriculum for teaching employment facilitation skills to peer, including obtaining input from […]

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MHAO Awarded Three Year Grant for Statewide Expansion of the Oregon Peer Employment Network

August 30, 2010
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August 30, 2010 Press Release—For Immediate Release Contact:  Beckie Child 503-725-9688 beckie.child@gmail.com Portland, Oregon – Mental Health America of Oregon (MHAO) has been awarded a $210,000 grant (over a three year period) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for the OPEN Project (Oregon Peer Employment Network). The OPEN Project will help […]

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A fresh start at Oregon State Hospital

August 23, 2010
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Oregon’s new mental hospital launches its first fully functioning section in early September, a historic milestone in the state’s push to peel away decades of neglect, decay and tragedy. A compact new kitchen facility, designed to whip up 60,000 meals per month in efficient fashion, will replace Oregon State Hospital’s maze-like existing kitchen, tucked away […]

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Expanding infrastructure for new Oregon State Hospital

August 22, 2010
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From KVAL.com, August 21, 2010 Drivers have been noticing a lot of work on a large piece of property along Highway 99 at Junction City. Some have wondered if it’s the start of building the new state psychiatric hospital and state prison. The plans for those facilities were announced back in 2007. The work now […]

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Child Abuse in America

August 19, 2010
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Via: Online Nursing Programs

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Treatment key to ending prison cycle

August 19, 2010
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From the Baker City Herald, August 18, 2010 Experts say that providing intensive drug and alcohol treatment, education and job training are the keys to reducing crime and recidivism in the United States, which has the highest prison incarceration rate in the world. In this country, 748 people out of 100,000 were serving time in […]

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Want a brain boost? Try meditation, according to researchers

August 18, 2010
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By Jenny Westberg Meditation has benefits that go far beyond simple relaxation, according to a team of scientists at the University of Oregon. It can actually change the structure of your brain. It works fast, too, even for beginners. Changes to brain fibers started after just six hours of training, and were evident after 11 […]

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Bend Mental Health Homes Spark Concern

August 17, 2010
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From KTVZ.com, August 16, 2010 Concern by some northeast Bend residents about a pair of five-bed mental health treatment homes set to open soon in their neighborhood prompted a meeting with several officials Monday — a move some called a good first step but, in many neighbors’ eyes, a long-overdue one. The first that many […]

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Oregon State Hospital furloughs will stand

August 16, 2010
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From the Salem Statesman Journal, August 12, 2010 Governor, DHS director reject legislator’s appeal to cancel days for front-line hospital staffers A state legislator has called for Gov. Ted Kulongoski to cancel furlough days for workers on the front lines of patient care at the Oregon State Hospital. But Kulongoski and Human Services Director Bruce […]

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Sometimes, help must be forced

August 16, 2010
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Editor’s opinion from the Portland Tribune, August 12, 2010 Oregon does its mentally ill citizens no favors when it allows them to place themselves or others in harm’s way rather than be civilly committed — a process that admittedly interferes with their rights, but also forces the mentally ill to receive the treatment they need. […]

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