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Month: October 2010

Roberts and Diamond look to future: recovery-based care at OSH

October 31, 2010
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-By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner A striking transformation could be in store at the Oregon State Hospital, according to the facility’s new leadership team, Supervisor Greg Roberts, MSW, and Chief Medical Officer Mark Diamond, DO, who spoke about the future Thursday evening at Oregon Health & Science University. Roberts and Diamond weren’t talking […]

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Transgender clients face unique challenges within health system

October 30, 2010
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By Jenny Westberg, Contributing Columnist Published in Street Roots, Oct. 29, 2010 In December 1973, a psychiatric breakthrough wiped out all signs and symptoms of mental illness for millions of Americans. It wasn’t a new drug. It was an ex cathedra pronouncement by the American Psychiatric Association, declaring that homosexuality was not, in fact, a […]

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Man killed by deputy: ‘I can’t believe you shot me’

October 30, 2010
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From KATU.com, October 29, 2010 Neighbors are reacting after a Lane County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a 49-year-old Veneta man Thursday [October 28, 2010]. According to the sheriff’s office, deputies responded to a domestic dispute between Mark Thomas Casterline and his sister at her apartment at 25182 E. Broadway. A sheriff’s office representative said […]

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Tenuous housing hinders east county students

October 30, 2010
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Excellent article by Oregonian newcomer Amanda Waldroupe, published October 20, 2010 Aja Stacy, 14, loves school so much, she would crawl to get there if she had to, she says. A bubbly and headstrong freshman at Troutdale’s Reynolds High School, Aja is enrolled in all honors classes and plays oboe for the school band. In […]

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Mark Diamond speaks about the future of the Oregon State Hospital

October 29, 2010
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Dr. Mark Diamond, OD, spoke about the future of the Oregon State Hospital to about 100 friends of the Mental Health Association of Portland at Oregon Health Sciences University on October 28, 2010. The event was co-sponsored by Portland Hearing Voices, Disability Rights Oregon, the Empowerment Center, and NAMI of Multnomah County. Mark has been […]

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Greg Roberts speaks about the future of the Oregon State Hospital

October 29, 2010
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Greg Roberts, MSW, spoke about the future of the Oregon State Hospital to about 100 friends of the Mental Health Association of Portland at Oregon Health Sciences University on October 28, 2010. The event was co-sponsored by Portland Hearing Voices, Disability Rights Oregon, the Empowerment Center, and NAMI of Multnomah County. Greg Roberts joined the […]

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New leaders at Oregon State Hospital will speak about future

October 28, 2010
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From the Portland Mental Health Examiner, October 28, 2010 In 1883, the Oregon State Insane Asylum opened its doors in Salem. In 2010, now called Oregon State Hospital, it is a crumbling reminder of the past. Chief Medical Officer Mark Diamond, DO, and Superintendent Greg Roberts, MSW, think they have what it takes to lead […]

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Tonight – Oregon State Hospital at OHSU

October 28, 2010
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The Mental Health Association of Portland and Oregon Health Sciences University together welcome Greg Roberts, MSW, and Mark Diamond, DO, for a public talk on October 28, 2010 at 7 PM. Greg Roberts is the new superintendent of the Oregon State Hospital. Mark Diamond has been the Chief Medical Officer for the past year. The […]

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‘I couldn’t turn away’

October 24, 2010
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Editorial by Julie Akins, printed in The Medford Tribune, October 24, 2010 Julie Akins is a journalist for NBC 5 News, KOBI TV. She also teaches storytelling for SOU/RVTV and is the author of the book, “Common Miracles; Gifts from a Grateful Universe.” A few weeks ago I had a hard decision to make: to […]

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The trap we’re laying for the weakest among us

October 24, 2010
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Editorial published in The Oregonian, by Michael M. Moore, a board member of Sisters of the Road, October 19, 2010 The Oregonian’s “Hard Choices” series frames the problem of dwindling state resources coupled with increasing demand for state services as a trap from which our state must free itself. But there’s another trap we’ve created […]

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