Mental Health Association of Portland

Oregon's independent and impartial mental health advocate

"Oregon’s foremost independent advocate for persons with mental illness and addiction"
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Killed by police

Merle Hatch, 2013
Santiago A. Cisneros III, 2013
Michael Evans, 2012
Billy Wayne Simms, 2012
Scott Chappell, 2012
Jeffery Anderson, 2012
Robert Fox, 2012
Larry McKinney, 2012
Brad Morgan, 2012
Elias Angel Ruiz, 2012
Jimmy Georgeson, 2012
Thomas Higginbotham, 2011
Anthony McDowell, 2011
Darryel Ferguson - 2010
Aaron Campbell, 2010
Jack Collins, 2010
Keaton Otis, 2010
Derek Coady, 2008
Jason Spoor, 2008
Andrew Hanlon, 2008
Steven Bolen, 2007
Timothy Grant, 2007
Songseumsack Tanovan, 2007
James Chasse, 2006
Lukus Glenn, 2006
Jordan Case, 2006
Fouad Kaady, 2006
Raymond Gwerder, 2005
Dwayne Novak, 2005
James Jahar Perez, 2004
Warren Sercombe, 2004
Joyce Staudenmaier, 2004
Eddie Homsombath, 2003
Kendra James, 2003
Jeremy Shellbe, 2002
Daniel Flannigan, 2002
Anthony Utah-Zona Beck, 2002
Dickie Dow, 1998
Patricia Sweany, 1997
Tom Graves, 1995
Gale Moody, 1994
Michael Lee Henry, 1991
Mari Lyn Sandoz, 1990
Daniel Ynosente Reyes, 1987
Timothy Baumel, 1987
Jose Carlos Echeagary, 1986
Frank Bearcub, 1985
Mark Roy Stomps, 1984
Lawrence L Stacey, 1981
Jose Mejia Poot,
Janet Marilyn Smith,

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Aaron Campbell Albina Ministerial Alliance Alien Boy Bob Joondeph Bret Burton Cascadia Central City Concern Christopher Humphreys City of Portland Crisis Intervention Team Dan Handelman Dan Saltzman Department of Justice Eyes & Ears Gregory Roberts Homelessness Jack Collins James Chasse Jason Renaud John Kitzhaber Karen Gunson Kyle Nice Mike Reese Multnomah County Oregon State Hospital Peter Courtney Police shooting Portland Police Portland Police Association Portland Police Bureau Psychiatric Security Review Board Randy Leonard Richard Harris Rosie Sizer Roy Orr rural counties Sam Adams Scott Westerman Suicide Ted Kulongoski Ted Wheeler Tom Potter Tom Steenson U.S. Department of Justice Washington County
Mental Health Facts

From Rethink.org

1 in 6 people has a common mental illness at some point in their life (Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2000).

About 1% of the population experience schizophrenia at some point in their lives (Mental Health Foundation, 1999).

About 1% of the population experience manic depression at some point in their lives (Mental Health Foundation, 1999).

1 in 200 people have experienced a psychotic illness in the last year (Singleton, Psychiatric Morbidity, 2000).

The average age of onset of psychotic symptoms is 22 (Department of Health, 2001)

Deprived areas and rural districts have the highest levels of mental health problems and suicides (ONS, 2001).

People from Afro-Caribbean backgrounds are 3-5 times more likely than others to be diagnosed and admitted to hospital for schizophrenia. (Mental Health Foundation, 1999)

About 25% of people diagnosed with schizophrenia will make a full recovery; about 60% of people will have fluctuating symptoms; about 10-15% of people experience long term incapacity (Mental Health Foundation, 1999).

35% of people with mental illness are unemployed but want to work (ONS, 2003), the highest want to work rate of any disability.

Only 1 in 4 employers said that they would knowingly employ someone with a history of mental illness (Manning et al, 1995).

Three quarters of employers say that it would be difficult or impossible to employ someone diagnosed with schizophrenia (DWP, 2003).

Less than 5% of people who kill a stranger have symptoms of mental illness (Department of Health, 2001).

People with mental illness are more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators of violence (Walsh, 2003).

More than 1 in 4 people with severe mental illness report being shunned when seeking help (Rethink, 2003).

30% of GPs’ time is spent with people with mental health problems (Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health (Maudsley Monograph, 2002).

44% of people with mental health problems report discrimination from general practioners, such as physical health problems not being taken seriously (Mental Health Foundation, 2002).

Almost 80% of carers for someone with a severe mental illness say that caring has had an impact on own their mental health (Rethink, 2003).

Almost 80% of carers for someone with a severe mental illness say that caring has had an impact on their own physical health (Rethink, 2003).

Only 48% of mental health professionals know about local policies on sharing information with carers (Rethink/IoP, 2006).

Mental health problems cost the economy untold billions per year through care costs, economic losses and premature death. (Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, 2003).

21% of people with schizophrenia have a dual diagnosis (Cantwell, 2003).

Up to half of people dependent on alcohol have a mental health problem (Turning Point, 2003).

People with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder die 10 years younger due to physical health problems (British Journal of Psychiatry, 2000) and have double the average rate of heart disease (British Journal of Psychiatry, 2006) and five times the average rate of diabetes (Department of Health, 2004).

People with severe mental illness smoke twice as much as average, do half as much exercise and eat less fruit and vegetables than average (Running on empty report, 2005).