Mental Health Association of Portland

Here’s the August 2010 edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals.

Download and read the August 2010 issue here.

Online Reading Version of Eyes & Ears – with links
Full article version of Eyes & Ears – for printing

Included in this issue -

* Portland city council approves Chasse settlement
* New hospital chief known for making positive changes
* Bob Nikkel Joins Jefferson Behavioral Health
* Post-settlement Chasse documents released
* Independent report criticizes police Chasse investigation
* Awaiting the next James Chasse
* Millions in taxes buy nightmares for mentally ill
* Document: Portland officer not disciplined for 2006 incident
* How Abraham Lincoln learned how to cope with depression
* Free Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition (OCSC) Teleconference and Free OCSC Membership
* Portland Hearing Voices Events, Concerts, Music & Festival in the Parks and more

Besides other news there are a variety of listings of meetings, services, support groups, job opportunities and more.

Here’s the July 2010 edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals.

Now TWO versions for your enjoyment. Download and read the July 2010 ONLINE issue, or print out the FULL ARTICLE version.

Online Reading Version of Eyes & Ears – with links***

***PLEASE NOTE: there is a correction to the ONLINE version of Eyes & Ears. On page 3, “Public Housing Waitlists Opening July 12-16, 2010,” the second paragraph could be misleading. Please click the link at the end of the article for a corrected version.

Full article version of Eyes & Ears – for printing

Included in this issue -

* Oregon State Hospital submits data about community placement
* Police and the mentally ill: Training cops is good but only a start
* New mental health center fills a gap for police, patients
* Advocate for Wellness – Mental Health Court
* Kulongoski plans to cut mental health, addiction budgets
* Public Housing Waitlists Opening July 12-16, 2010
* Salvation Army food relief project to distribute food, hygiene and household products to Portland-area residents
* Cascadia returns to profitability and starts building a cash reserve
* Connect with Multnomah Co. Volunteer Opportunities!
* 20th Anniversary of the ADA celebration, Portland Hearing Voices Events and more

Besides other news there are a variety of listings of meetings, services, support groups, job opportunities and more.

Get involved and make a contribution to Eyes & Ears. Start by sending an email the editor of Eyes & Ears editor@mentalhealthportland.org

Here’s the latest edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals.

The June 2010 issue is now available.

Full article version for printing (986KB PDF)

Online reading version – with links (1MB PDF) [Coming soon]

Included in this issue -

• House Committee Hears Testimony on State Hospital
• A Crisis in Costs, Day 3: Outpatient treatment is by far the best option
• Rest in peace, Keaton Otis
• Mental Health Survivor Releases Spoken Word CD
• Sticks and stones: Words matter when talking about mental illness
• Eight individuals receive 2010 Mental Health Awards for Excellence
• FolkTime board of directors recruitment
• Upcoming events

Besides other news there are a variety of listings of meetings, services, support groups, job opportunities and more!

Here’s the latest edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals.

Download and read the May 2010 issue

Online reading version – with links (680K PDF)
Full article version for printing (150K PDF)

Included in this issue -

* Slammed: Saltzman’s Mental Health Plan for Cops
* Mental health services reach out to neighbors
* It’s Time for Transformation, Not Retrenchment
* Words from Chasse Avenue
* Mental Health 101: What is Self-Injury?
* Bullying: Whose kids do such cruel things?

Besides other news there are a variety of listings of meetings, services, support groups, job opportunities and more.

Here’s the latest edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals.

Download and read the April 2010 issue.

Included in this issue -

* Reform of Portland police oversight
* City, police leaders suggest ways to ease interactions of Portland officers,
mentally ill
* A better way ahead on mental illness
* Your Rights Under the ADA
* Letter by Richard Harris regarding the voice of mental health consumers
* New Ride Together program provided by Ride Connections
* New bus route to connect Portland and Seaside
* League of Women Voters of Portland Candidate Forums
* NAMI Walk, Meditation Practice Day, Trauma Healing Workshop, Community Forum

Besides other news there are a variety of listings of meetings, services, support groups, job opportunities and more.

Would you like to distribute Eyes & Ears to your staff or clients? Send an email to us at info@mentalhealthportland.org and we’ll put you on the list to receive the monthly PDF email. Eyes and Ears is now distributed to all staff at Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, Lifeworks Northwest, Oregon Action, Central City Concern and First Christian Church.

Here’s the latest edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer-run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals.

Download and read the March 2010 issue of Eyes & Ears.

Included in this issue -

* Sam Adams, we have a very large problem on our hands

* Oregon State Hospital advisory board left out of loop

* The Aaron Campbell shooting: One loose cannon cop is all it takes

* Community Forum on Police Accountability

* Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Advisory Group

* Meditation Practice Day with Ed Daigu Knight and Will Hall

* Will Hall interviews on medication

* Proposal to make health care a right rejected

* Report on Schizophrenia & stigma

* Input for County Budget wanted

Besides other news there are a variety of listings of meetings, services, support groups, job opportunities and more.

Here’s the latest edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals.

Download and read the February issue.

Included in this issue -

* Forum to be held discussing Chasse death
* Oregon Health Plan adds 2000 more recipients
* Only one candidate in line for Portland public finance money
* Police commissioner wants shooting testimony
* Judi Chamberlin, 65, is dead; fought for rights for mental health patients
* Ambulance company settles Chasse lawsuit claims
* Fish pushing to allow, regulate camping
* Consumer perspectives sought by Mental Health Association of Portland – Page 9
* Portland Housing online survey is being taken – Page 10
* U.S. Office of Disability wants input on how they can better help people on disability find work – Page 21
* Winter Celebration at the Square
* City Budget Forums

Besides other news there are a variety of listings of meetings, services, support groups, job opportunities and more.

Here’s the latest edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals.

Download and read the January edition here.

Included in this issue -

* Measures 66 & 67 info and recent poll results
* Central City Concern receives $8.9 million federal stimulus grant
* Jason Renaud, homeless and mental health advocate, who is running for a City Council seat, has a 11 point plan to reform the Portland Police Bureau
* Social Security benefits being repaid to those who lost benefits due to having an outstanding arrest warrant (page 9)
* Will Hall interview
* Trimet Honored Citizen Downtown Bus Pass
* Western Regional Advocacy Project hosts a housing and civil rights gathering in San Francisco
* Folk Time is growing
* 2010 Census taking jobs
* Health week at the Pioneer Courthouse Square downtown Portland

Besides other news there are a variety of listings of meetings, services, support groups, job opportunities and more.

Here’s the latest edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals.

Download and read the December issue here.

Included in this issue -

* Interview with Jason Renaud of Mental Health Association of Portland who has filed for a position on the Portland City Council
* Measures 66, 67: coming together for Oregon
* Does “behavioral health” connote conformity? Is that wrong?
* Commentary on Portland police problems
* OHP reservation list is open, warming centers info, energy assistance contact numbers, 2009-2010 EI brokerage program
* Meet Amy Anderson, Chair, Cascadia’s Consumer Advisory Council
* New Direction for the Cascadia Consumer Advisory Council
* Lots of Holiday event listings

Besides other news there are a variety of listings of meetings, services, support groups, job opportunities and more.

Here’s the latest edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals.

Download and read the November issue here.

Included in this issue -

* Oregon will draw names to expand Oregon Health Plan
* Oregon State Hospital taking funding from community mental health programs
* Coffee and hepatitis C; Fareless Square change
* Ed Knight, nationally known mental health consumer advocate and leader presents at Cascadia Consumer/Survivor Advisory Council meeting
* Mental Illness or Spiritual Awakening? presentation and discussion with Ed Knight and Will Hall
* NAMI Connections Recovery Support groups come to Oregon
* Presention & discussion on Oregon State budget. Relevant info on January Special election on tax increases
* Tree lighting, Portland Arts Bazaar, Holiday Artisan Market and more

Besides other news there are a variety of listings of meetings, services, support groups, job opportunities and more.

Here’s the latest edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals.

Download and read the October issue here.

Included in this issue -

* Ask for James Chasse Officers’ Resignations & other news on James
* Cascadia Garlington center reopens and is joined by medical clinic and gay non-profit
* Central City Concern’s mentor program
* How to tell a cold from the flu
* Waiting lists at six public housing buildings open up
* City of Portland’s “Making a Difference Awards”, Emergency Preparedness Training, “Found Lives” performance, NAMI recovery panel discussion, Facing Mental Illness TV special and library book sale

Besides other news there are a variety of listings of meetings, services, support groups, job opportunities and more.

Here’s the latest edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals.

Download and read the September 2009 issue here.

Included in this issue -

* James Chasse petition
* Film review on “subCity”, a Documentary about Mental Health in Oregon
* Review of recent ABC show on the Mad Pride movement
* New Portland Hearing Voices Support & Education groups
* Garlington Center Grand Re-Opening Events
* Work Incentive Seminar Event & Employment Supports Fair
* New social services training classes start up
* O’Bryant Square Potluck in the Park, Art in the Pearl & more

Besides other news there are a variety of listings of meetings, services, support groups, job opportunities and more.

Here’s the latest edition of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare’s consumer / survivor newsletter – Eyes & Ears.

Download and read the August issue here.

Included in the August issue -

* Richard Harris of AMH puts major focus on peer delivered services
* Oregon State Hospital
* Disability Commission Recruitment
* Documentary film being done on Oregon State Hospital
* Central City Concern’s Executive Director honored by the Dalai Lama
* Free Concerts, outdoor movies, festivals, a NAMI picnic, and Art in the Pearl

Besides other news there are a variety of listings of meetings, services, support groups, job opportunities and more.

Here’s the latest edition of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare’s consumer/survivor newsletter – Eyes & Ears.

Download the July issue here.

Included in the July issue -

* Settlements for the families of James Chasse and Fouad Kaady
* Update on the mental health crisis center plans
* Legislature wrap up news and listing of key bills passed
* Central City Concern’s new community volunteer corps program
* mental health issues in professional baseball
* MHAP and NAMI Picnics, concerts and movies at the Square, and more.

Besides other news there are a variety of listings of meetings, services, support groups, job opportunities and more.

Here’s the latest edition of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare’s consumer / survivor newsletter – Eyes & Ears.

Download and read the June 2009 edition here (PDF).

Included in the June issue -

* News on the expansion of Oregon health coverage, Oregon State Hospital, the State budget and legislative action
* From the Inside Out interactive theater needs support. Meetings coming up.
* Health fair, Portland Hearing Voices music benefit, Disability Rights Oregon open house, and music, concert and outdoor movies at Pioneer Courthouse Square and more.

Besides other news there are a variety of listings of meetings, services, support groups, job opportunities and more.

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