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Month: September 2016

Oregon State Hospital patients upset over medical data breach by physician

September 30, 2016
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Salem Statesman Journal, August 7 2016 READ – Oregon State Hospital records stolen from chief of psychiatry’s car, April 2012 Eds. Note – We filed a public documents request for the email discussion of this data breach with the Oregon State Hospital on August 13. Our request sat in the spam folder of OSH’s Health […]

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We urge Portland City Commissioners to vote no on police labor agreement

September 28, 2016
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Sent by the Mental Health Association of Portland to all City of Portland commissioners and chiefs of staff on September 28, 2016. This letter is in reference to proposed labor agreement between City of Portland and the Portland Police Association, through January 2020. But not including an agreement on body-worn cameras (PDF). Commissioners, We write […]

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What happened to Chase Hammer – shot dead by Salem police

September 26, 2016
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On Oct. 21, 2012, Chase Hammer, 27, was confronted by Salem police responding to a mental health call. Hammer was armed with a revolver, with which he was threatening to kill himself. His family wanted to assure police he was not a danger to anyone but himself, but officers never talked to them. Officers ordered […]

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10 years after James Chasse’s death, outrage and melancholy linger in Portland

September 20, 2016
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| Police violence

KATU News, Sept. 16, 2016 It’s been nearly 10 years since James Chasse, a man with paranoid schizophrenia, died in police custody after Portland officers beat him. An advocate for the mentally ill says despite many reforms, justice is still not served. Portland’s police chief told KATU Friday the bureau has come a long way […]

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How Depression is Treated in Oregon – a Clinical Overview

September 15, 2016
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Central City Concern’s John Bischof, MD and Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center’s Bridgett Bradley, Pharm.D present a comprehensive overview of the treatment of depression in the public health world as of this moment (August 2015). Why this series of four videos great is Bischof includes a person in recovery as an integrated part of the […]

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Report: Number of homeless dying on street jumped in 2015

September 13, 2016
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| Housing

Portland Tribune, September 2016 Ryan Cowger, 32, was a 4.0 student who moved to Portland to start a new life after falling into opiate addiction. On Jan. 13, 2015, he was found dead in a shower at a transitional shelter after overdosing on heroin. These are just two among the 88 deaths of homeless people […]

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Bernie Altman, advocate and teacher, dies at 92

September 10, 2016
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From the Longview Daily News, September 9, 2016 Bernie Altman, a beloved mental health advocate and retired teacher, died Thursday two weeks after suffering horrific stab wounds and other injuries at his Kelso home. He died at about 4:40 p.m. at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, a spokesperson for the family confirmed. He was […]

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What happened to Michael Gaskill

September 8, 2016
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Redmond couple grieve loss of friend, neighbor Say they’d tried to help Michael Gaskill, fatally injured by police car video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player REDMOND, Ore. – Michael Gaskill, the man hit by a Redmond police car last week, died over the weekend. NewsChannel 21’s Dani Fried spoke Monday with two neighbors who say they’re […]

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