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From the Medford Mail Tribune, October 3, 2011 Jackson County sees 23 percent spike in students on the streets The number of homeless students in Jackson County jumped 23 percent last year, largely because of the poor economy, school officials said. Medford schools showed an 18 percent increase in homeless students, from 1,139 in 2009-10 […]
Guest opinion by By Gary Crum, published in the Eugene Register-Guard, October 2, 2011. Gary Crum of Junction City is a retired teacher and counselor. On Wednesday afternoon, I attended a town hall meeting in Junction City where Gov. John Kitzhaber and other elected officials addressed the state mental hospital proposed to be sited between […]
Editorial from The Oregonian, October 2, 2011 A study reveals that even those with insurance can’t get emergency psychiatric care READ – well, we’d like to show you the Harvard study referred to in this editorial, but the author doesn’t cite and it’s not online. READ – Doctors Sue Over ER Limits in Washington State, […]
Editorial column by Steve Duin, published in the Oregonian, September 29, 2011 This article may not have anything directly to do with mental illness in the Portland Metro area, but we include it because of our continuing interest in police engagement with persons who have a diagnosis of mental illness, and in police accountability and […]
David Ernest Gildersleeve, 34. On 2/22/2001 was shot and apprehended in the 6700 block of Southwest Oleson Road in the Raleigh Hills neighborhood, just west of the Multnomah County line. Police say that about 1 p.m. Gildersleeve approached Mary R. Finzel, 49, of Oregon City, in the Franz Bakery parking lot at 8440 S.E. 45th […]
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