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Once a ‘Cuckoo’s Nest,’ now a museum

March 31, 2013
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By Kirk Johnson, The New York Times, March 31, 2013 Nurse Ratched slept here. The punctiliously cruel psychiatric ward tyrant in the book and movie “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was brought to cinematic life by the actress Louise Fletcher during filming here at the Oregon State Hospital in the 1970s. But the melding […]

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Community Court at Bud Clark Commons a good fit for low-level crimes – when defendants show up, that is

March 31, 2013
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By Peter Korn, Portland Tribune, March 28, 2013 Ten months ago Multnomah County opened the nation’s first court set in a homeless facility. Nobody showed up. In what court authorities around the country labeled a potential breakthrough experiment, Multnomah County’s Community Court last year moved its Friday afternoon operation to Bud Clark Commons. The court […]

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Alien Boy at Clinton Street Theater

March 31, 2013
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Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse continues at Clinton Street Theater in Southeast Portland in the first week of April. Question and answer sessions will follow each screening. Brian Lindstrom, the film’s director will attend screenings on April 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7. Andrew Saunderson, co-producer of Alien Boy will attend […]

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Sex offender treatment clinic lands an office after two-month search

March 30, 2013
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By Steve Beaven, The Oregonian, March 30, 2013 A clinic that treats Portland-area sex offenders quietly moved into a nondescript office complex on Southeast Stark Street on March 1, two months after angry parents forced the clinic out of the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood in Southeast Portland. It wasn’t easy to find new offices for Whole Systems […]

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The limits of lithium, and the hunt for a better alternative

March 28, 2013
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By Bethany Halford, Chemical & Engineering News, March 25, 2013 When something goes wrong with the inner workings of the body, we call it a disease. When things go awry in the mind’s fine machinery, we call it madness. Risdon Slate knows all about that. It has been more than 25 years since the events […]

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Jefferson County will pay an undisclosed sum for torturing Curtis Hooper

March 25, 2013
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From the Central Oregonian, March 24, 2013 Last month, charges filed by local resident Curtis Hooper against Prineville and Crook County law enforcement personnel were dismissed as part of a settlement agreement.   Attorney Robert Wagner, of Portland, defended the City of Prineville and Crook County in the matter, but he could not be reached for […]

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Oregon Senate bill calls for state network of new mental health programs

March 25, 2013
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By Yuxing Zheng, The Oregonian, March 25, 2013 A month after calling for a “game-changing” investment in mental health, Senate President Peter Courtney has introduced a bill detailing a comprehensive network of new mental health programs and services for children, young adults, families and schools. It would take $333 million over the next two years […]

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An update on Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse

March 25, 2013
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Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse finished post-production at Mission Control on February 14 and premiered before a packed house at the Portland International Film Festival on February 15. It played at Cinema 21 Theater February 22 – March 7, and is currently showing at the Living Room Theater in downtown Portland. […]

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Letter to all mental health advocates: DOJ v PDX settlement mediation

March 24, 2013
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Eds note: This letter was sent to all major Portland-area treatment providers two weeks ago.  There was no response. We are writing to bring you up to date on another step in the the continuing lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice, which seeks to compel police reforms and bring an end to a pattern […]

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Grand jury clears officers who shot and killed Santiago Cisneros III

March 23, 2013
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By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, March 23, 2013 A Multnomah County grand jury has found no criminal wrongdoing by two Portland police officers who fatally shot 32-year-old Santiago Cisneros III on March 4. The grand jury deliberated Friday morning after hearing testimony Wednesday from 13 witnesses, including the two officers involved, Cisneros’ brother Diego Cisneros […]

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