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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 […]
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 […]
Mental Health Service Disparities of Latino Oregonians: A Qualitative Analysis (2017) by Diana St. Amour Western New Mexico University Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs Oregon Department of Human Services Oregon Department of Health In this study participants were asked about individual and systemic barriers for Latinos and ways to improve mental health services delivery to […]
The general mission of this web site is to capture the history of persons with mental illness and addiction in Oregon. In general this exists in newspaper articles, associated photographs, films, videos, and image files, and documents of various sorts. Here’s a pile of miscellaneous documents which have arrived over the past year. As you […]
We don’t support all of the editorial decisions at Portland’s alternative “street” newspaper Street Roots, but besides routinely printing our own plaintive mutterings on occasion, it’s most recent issues have two excellent must-read articles for all sentient members of the Portland community: Jon Ross’ interview with David Prescott, and Emily Green’s detailed review of the […]
The settlement agreement for United States v. City of Portland is now under some degree of management by the Chicago-based team of Rosenbaum & Watson LLP, and their Portland-based representative Kathleen Saadat. A cursory review of the Compliance Officer/Community Liaison & Community Oversight Advisory Board web site does not reveal any relevant progress to date […]
Statesman Journal, May 21, 2015 Thanks to the diligent work of the Oregon State Hospital and the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the cremains of 18 military veterans and two spouses of veterans will be interred with full military honors on Friday, May 22, at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. The state hospital is the […]
The Chemistry of Addictions Psychology, The Brain 12 minutes 8.0/10 In this documentary Hank describes how our brains respond biochemically to various addictive substances and behaviors and how those behaviors originate. Humans have figured out how to make their brains experience pleasure without having to be engaged in any activity. Sometimes the craving for that […]
The Films of Brian Lindstrom: Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse and Mothering Inside Venue: The Kiggins Theatre, Vancouver, WA View map April 28, 2015 Doors Open: 5:30pm Event Begins: 6:30pm ALIEN BOY: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JAMES CHASSE is a feature-length documentary that chronicles one man’s struggle with schizophrenia and […]
Portland Police Bureau news release, April 1, 2015 The Portland Police Bureau directs member action through the establishment of policy, procedure, and rule, as found within directives. The Bureau is in the process of reviewing all its directives. At the beginning of every month, the Bureau will post directives for public review and ask for […]
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