Mental Health Association of Portland – Oregon's impartial & Independent advocate
We are still grieving the loss of Robert, whom we loved very much. We are disappointed in the grand jury’s decision, but not surprised, and will review the facts carefully in the weeks to come. While we hope that the investigation was thorough, it is impossible to trust the system as it exists now when […]
The entities known as Universal Health Services, doing business in Oregon as NEWCO, Inc. which intends to do business as Willamette Valley Behavioral Health, filed a Certificate of Need application with the Oregon Health Authority in July 2019. The entities intend to open a 100-bed freestanding psychiatric hospital in Wilsonville, Oregon. On August 26, 2020 […]
Here are the documents submitted to the court and discussed in US DOJ v City of Portland for the August 24 2021 Status Conference. For an overview on the case see – United States v. City of Portland Here are some of the documents submitted to the court. COCL Compliance and Outcome Assessment Quarterly Report […]
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 […]
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