Mental Health Association of Portland – Oregon's impartial & Independent advocate
Portland has been collecting data and issuing reports about homelessness for many years. The numbers bounced up and down mostly because of the definition of what “homeless” means (does it mean someone checked into a public shelter or living in a tent, or living in a family garage?), the collection methods, the survey budget, and […]
Andrew Dehart suicided during a confrontation with Oregon State Police on October 29, 2015 during a car chase. He had been arrested at least eighteen times in Multnomah County for drug offenses since 2013 and had methamphetamine in his blood when he died. Death of fugitive involved in U.S. 26 gun-battle chase ruled a suicide, […]
The Source Weekly, Oct. 28, 2015 Despite their reputation for being tough guys, the men and women who are first on the scene at emergencies sometimes need a little help, too. That’s why the Bend City Council recently unanimously authorized a five-year agreement with psychologist Dr. Andrew Barram to provide educational tools and mental health […]
Bend Bulletin, Oct. 25, 2015 The lack of housing might be dire in Central Oregon, but the situation is even more so for those who experience mental illness. Housing exists in the form of residential treatment facilities and temporary motel stays, but long-term housing options are often few and far between. One of the biggest […]
The Oregonian, Oct. 23, 2015 Community members aren’t the only ones who have little faith in the Portland Police Bureau’s discipline system. More than half, or 62 percent, of Portland police officers surveyed in the spring believe the bureau’s discipline process is unfair. A majority – or 86 percent — don’t believe the bureau holds […]
Hopes&Fears, undated On an overcast Wednesday morning in Dobbs Ferry, New York, Lu and Dale Picard greet us at the door to the center for ECAD, or Educated Canines Assisting With Disabilities. The Picards founded the nonprofit organization in 1995 to train service dogs for people with different disabilities, from children with autism spectrum disorders […]
The Oregonian, Oct. 21, 2015 U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon said he’s not interested in micro-managing a negotiated settlement between Portland and federal justice officials on police reforms. He also hopes that he won’t be called on to have to enforce any of its provisions. Yet he said he wants to remain familiar with […]
OPB News, Oct. 21, 2015 Most voters in Oregon and Washington think mass shootings – like the one earlier this month at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg – are the result of untreated mental health problems. More than half of voters in the two states think mass shootings are avoidable. Those are among the findings of […]
Ohio psychiatrist Mark Munetz has been hired by the Department of Justice in their associated work in Portland to advise them on all things mental health. Munetz is Professor and the Margaret Clark Morgan Endowed Chair of Psychiatry at Northeast Ohio Medical University and Senior Clinical Consultant of the County of Summit Alcohol, Drug Addiction […]
According to Oregon House Bill 2002 – the End Profiling Act: “Profiling” means that a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer: (A) In conducting a routine or spontaneous investigatory activity or in determining the scope, substance or duration of the routine or spontaneous investigatory activity, relies on age, race, ethnicity, color, national origin, […]
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