Mental Health Association of Portland – Oregon's impartial & Independent advocate
Pertaining to trials, law suits, Judges
Petition by Oregon Advocacy Program to the Oregon State Hospital, 1988 Seeking public records – Incident and/or abuse report documenting suicide investigation of named patient at OSH – denied. Petition by Anthony M. Chapman to the Oregon State Hospital, 1989 Seeking diagnostic records and reports pertaining to psychiatric treatment and counseling – granted. Petition by […]
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 […]
An excerpt from OSB Bulletin June 2020, “Coping With COVID-19 Legal Community Responds to ‘Conditions We’ve Never Seen Before’” DOWNLOAD – 202006 OSB Bulletin – Coping with COVID-19 article An attorney who follows a similar ethic is Amanda J. Marshall, who handles juvenile dependency and delinquency cases and civil commitments in Oregon City for Clackamas […]
After investigation into wide-ranging misconduct, Multnomah County will review management of mental health division Oregonian, April 18, 2020 Months after Multnomah County opened an internal investigation into its entire staff of mental health court monitors, the four employees resigned, leaving county officials to rebuild a program that serves some of its most vulnerable residents. This […]
Portland Tribune, November 19, 2019 District Attorney Rod Underhill won’t charge employees for not forwarding cases for investigation READ – Prosecution Decline Memorandum, Multnomah County Sheriff’s Case No. 18-67244, November 18, 2019 READ – Multnomah County Mental Health Adult Protective Services Review, October 26, 2019 In August 2018, Multnomah County launched an investigation into the […]
Here FYI are the current legal PDF forms used by Oregon for civil committments. Report of Mental Health Investigator – MHD 309.33-940 Notice of Mental Illness – MHD 426.060 NOMI Report of Mental Health Examiner – MHD 426.120 Order of Commitment – MHD 426.130
READ – Monaco v. Multnomah County, Legacy Health + DBA Unity Center, and Chris Farentinos (PDF) READ – Multnomah County’s termination letter to David Hidalgo, March 27 2019 (PDF) Multnomah County mental health whistleblower sues Greg Monaco, told to shut up about reports of patient abuse at Legacy’s Unity Center, is now suing. From the […]
From the Oregonian – Gordon Friedman, January 27, 2019 Early one Monday last November, police arrested Kobe Yandell for napping in the lobby of a downtown Portland skyscraper. Officers took the wiry 21-year-old, who is homeless and has schizophrenia, to the Multnomah County jail, where he spent the next 52 days in isolation. A trespassing […]
Portland Tribune, December 04, 2018 Investigators found 16 Unity Center cases should have gone to cops. County employees scrutinized. An internal review of how Multnomah County employees handled cases of alleged abuse and neglect of mentally ill people from greater Portland has spawned a criminal investigation, the Portland Tribune has learned. Among the issues that […]
From The Oregonian, September 11, 2018 A new alliance of mental health advocacy groups wants a seat at the table in the court’s review of the city of Portland’s four-year old settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice stemming from police use of excessive force against people with mental illness. The alliance was formed […]
© Mental Health PDX 2020. Powered by WordPress