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Month: July 2020

Brown’s Behavioral Health Strategy Mired In Chaos, ‘Profound Disappointment’

July 22, 2020
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| Advocacy, Mental Health

From The Lund Report, July 21, 2020 When Gov. Kate Brown set up her Behavioral Health Advisory Council in October 2019, advocates and medical professionals hoped Oregon would finally spark meaningful change in a system plagued with failure. The state recruited several dozen people from across government, the behavioral health sector and advocacy groups. Physicians, […]

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The Oregon Court of Appeals and the State Civil Commitment Statute

July 21, 2020
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| Courts, Mental Health

By Joseph D Bloom, Juliet Britton, Wil Berry July 2020 Abstract In 1973 the Oregon Legislature passed a major revision of its civil commitment law adopting changes that mirrored those taking place across the United States. The new sections offered significant protections of the rights of individuals who are alleged to have mental illness, a […]

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Oregon Health Authority Plans 3 New High-Level Behavioral Health Positions

July 20, 2020
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From the Lund Report, July 2020 The Oregon Health Authority plans to add new management positions to its behavioral health division, even as the agency faces potential budget cuts that could slice hundreds of millions from programs and services. The positions are part of an overhaul of the authority’s behavioral health unit that was in […]

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Policy Proposal: An Anti-Racist West Point

July 3, 2020
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| Police violence

Eds Note: This post is a little far afield for our archive but at a time where our city’s police are using undue and deadly force against relatively peaceful demonstrators everyday, serious proposals directly addressing systemic racism from within authoritarian organizations are particularly interesting. And we had a hard time finding this document online. READ […]

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Face Masks

July 2, 2020
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Washington Recovery Services has face masks for sale – in bulk and at cost – to churches, nonprofit organizations, government offices, service organizations, private and public schools, and individuals. Masks are sold in packages of 50 masks for $25 per package – $.50 per mask. Masks are baby-blue full-size adult paper/cloth surgical-type masks with one-size-fits-all […]

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