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Allen Ginsberg at Rockland State Hospital by Ted Chabasinski on Thursday, December 30, 2010 I have always been aware that Allen Ginsberg had been an inmate at Rockland State Hospital. Recently, after reading “Howl,” I realized that he and I had been at Rockland at the same time, he as a young man, myself as […]
From the Oregonian, December 30, 2010 A Multnomah County grand jury today found no criminal wrongdoing by Portland police Officers Jonathan D. Kizzar or Kelly Jenson in the fatal shooting Dec. 17 of 45-year-old Darryel Dwayne Ferguson. The transcripts of the testimony may be released late next week. Ferguson was shot as he emerged from […]
Dear Members of Oregon’s Mental Health Recovery and Addictions Recovery Communities: The Consumer/Survivor & Addictions Advisory Council is seeking applications for appointment to the Council from individuals representing all sectors of the Oregon mental health and addictions recovery community. The Consumer/Survivor & Addictions Advisory Council is a formal advisory body to the State Addictions and […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, December 29, 2010 An Oregon State Hospital patient apparently committed suicide Monday night in a single-person bedroom in the hospital’s forensic psychiatric program, officials said Tuesday. The female patient died on Ward 50I, a medium-security forensic unit that houses more than two-dozen men and women. A staffer reportedly found the […]
Below is a roughly chronological account through the media of what happened to Marcus Lagozzino, a SW Portland man with mental health issues who was shot by a Portland police officer on December 27, 2010. From KOIN.com, December 27, 2010 From KGW.com. December 27, 2010 From KATU.com, December 27, 2010 Police identify man shot Monday […]
Opinion editorial from the Salem Statesman Journal, December 26, 2010 Governor-elect John Kitzhaber must tackle the issue head-on There is much on John Kitzhaber‘s to-do list as he prepares to return to the governor’s office. Yet, it’s evident that the governor-elect is well aware of the U.S. Department of Justice’s interest in the Oregon State […]
From the Oregonian, December 28, 2010 An Oregon State Hospital patient was found dead in her room Monday night from apparent suicide, officials said Tuesday. Citing privacy laws, officials declined to name the patient. A fellow patient at the hospital, Chris Crawford told The Oregonian her name was Elisabeth Sellars and Sellars’ attorney, Harris Matarazzo, […]
18 years ago, a few Consumers who attended the same mental health agency in Washington County starting talking, and said they should get together with some of their peers, and a dance was organized, with donated cake, and things just snowballed from there… All these years later, the Washington County Consumer Council operates the Comfort […]
From the Boston Globe, December 24, 2010 Are they religious fanatics? Deluded ideologues? New research suggests something more mundane: They just want to commit suicide. Qari Sami did something strange the day he killed himself. The university student from Kabul had long since grown a bushy, Taliban-style beard and favored the baggy tunics and trousers […]
Text below is from the Oregon Youth Authority 2010 Mental Health Gap Survey. The Oregon Youth Authority has conducted the Mental Health Gap Survey every other year since 2000. Data are collected on all youth in OYA custody on April 1 of the survey year. READ – Oregon Youth Authority Mental Health Gap 2010, Survey […]
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