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Month: November 2011

Mental Health Advocates Meet!

November 30, 2011
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WHAT: A discussion about mental and addiction health issues – from a political perspective. WHO: Amanda Fritz, Portland City Commissioner and Jeff Cogen, Multnomah County Commission Chair WHEN: December 13, 2011, 6:30 – 8:00 PM Join this event on Facebook Download a poster for this event. WHERE: Kempton Hall, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 147 NW 19th […]

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PSRB Updates Legislators on Releasing Patients from Oregon State Hospital

November 30, 2011
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From The Lund Report, November 30, 2011 The critical factor is increasing the availability of different types of residential facilities, according to Mary Claire Buckley When legislators approved the Psychiatric Security Review Board’s (PSRB) budget earlier this year, they attached a string — the board needed to start thinking about ways to move patients out […]

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New county jail could ease Seaside mental offender concerns

November 29, 2011
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From the Seaside Signal, November 29, 2011 NOTE: Supporters of the Mental Health Association of Portland believe the law is the most expensive and least effective intervention for mental illness, and financial diversions from mental health treatment to police, courts, jails and prisons is a form of government corruption. Seaside Police Chief Bob Gross is […]

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Psych revolutionaries: Albert Ellis

November 29, 2011
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Dr. Albert Ellis, 1913 – 2007, a psychologist and teacher, crank and unrelenting advocate for mental health, was one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century; a true psych revolutionary. The video below is a typical mid-seventies staging of a psychotherapeutic intervention, first called ‘Rational Therapy’ and later, after ‘Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy’ […]

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Bruce Goldberg picks interim program director for Oregon State Hospital

November 28, 2011
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From the Salem Statesman Journal, November 28, 2011 The administrator of the $458 million Oregon State Hospital replacement project will shift to a new job early next year, becoming interim director of the state office of addictions and mental health treatment programs. Linda Hammond, who has steered construction of a soon-to-be-completed state hospital complex in […]

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Renovation continues at Children’s Farm Home

November 27, 2011
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From The Corvallis Gazette Times, November 27, 2011 It was supposed to cost $4.5 million to renovate Old School at the Children’s Farm Home on Highway 20 between Albany and Corvallis, but an unanticipated septic system upgrade has bumped the cost up another million. Now Trillium Family Services, which operates the Farm Home as a […]

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Finding Purpose After Living With Delusion

November 26, 2011
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From The New York Times, November 25, 2011 This is the fourth part in the series “Lives Restored – Managing Severe Mental Illness”, by Benedict Carey. Part One – Rescuing Others – Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight, New York Times, June 23, 2011 Part Two – Living with Voices – Learning to […]

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Washington County Asks 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to Reconsider Ruling in Lukus Glenn Family Lawsuit

November 23, 2011
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From The Oregonian, November 22, 2011 Washington County has petitioned a federal appeals court to reconsider ordering a trial in a wrongful death lawsuit against the county and two of its deputies. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Nov. 4 that a U.S. District Court judge wrongfully dismissed a lawsuit […]

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Mental Health Contracts Changed to Reflect New Funding Formula

November 23, 2011
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By Amanda Waldroupe, The Lund Report, November 23, 2011 Some counties will receive more, or less, funding for mental health programs than they did in the past With some kinks fixed and recalculations made, a new formula defining the amount of funding each county receives for mental health programs is here to stay, said Richard […]

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Richard Harris retires, again

November 23, 2011
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To: Addictions and Mental Health Services Interested Parties From: Bruce Goldberg, M.D., OHA Director Today I share news of the January retirement of Richard Harris, director of the Addictions and Mental Health Division. Richard has been a truly outstanding leader at AMH and OHA during more than three years of service. As many of you […]

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