Public Meetings

Adult Mental Health and Substance Abuse (Advisory Council)
First Wednesdays
10 AM - Noon
421 SW Oak Street
(This meeting may no longer happening - web site is not updated.)

Cascadia Consumer Councils

Garlington Client Council
1st Thursdays
10:00 - Noon Garlington Clinic 3034 NE MLK, Jr. Blvd.

Plaza Client Council
3rd Thursdays
3:00 - 4:00 PM
2415 SE 43rd Avenue

Children's Mental Health System Advisory Council
3rd Tuesdays
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Lincoln Bldg, 421 SW Oak St
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Oregon Consumer / Survivor Council
2nd Wednesday of even numbered months
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
500 Summer St NE, Salem Oregon

Mental Health Planning & Management Advisory Council
1st Thursday of even numbered months
9:00AM - 11:45AM
Salem (location varies)
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Oregon Patient Safety Commission
2nd Tues of even numbered months
12:30 - 3:30PM
Clackamas Community College
Wilsonville Training Center
29353 SW Town Center Loop East

Mental Health Facts

Percent of Americans ages 18 and older who suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year: 26.2

Percentage of people who commit suicide who have a diagnosable mental disorder: 90

Percentage by which the cost-sharing for addiction benefits exceeded that for medical or surgical benefits, according to a 2007 Health Affairs study of employer-provided benefits: 46%

Out-of-pocket savings per user of mental health and substance-abuse services in the best of seven plans studies by the NEJM before and after the implementation of parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: $87.06

Percentage of insurance plans that contained at least one plan feature that was more restrictive for mental health benefits than for medical and surgical benefits two years after the implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act: 87

Date on which President Bush announced that “health plans should not be allowed to apply unfair treatment limitations or financial requirements on mental health benefits”: April 29, 2002

Approximate success rate for the treatment of depression, according to NIMH: 80

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Sorry – we do not give advice or provide social services. The Mental Health Association of Portland is not a health care information clearinghouse.

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