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Portland Business Journal, March 27, 2015 U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell on Thursday announced a three-pronged initiative — and $133 million in new funding — to combat rampant opioid and heroin abuse. Dr. Andy Mendenhall, medical director of Hazelden at Beaverton, thinks the strategy could work. “I’m really excited, and as an […]
Family of Erie Man Shot, Killed in Portland Speaks Out – March, 25, 2015 Christopher Ryan Healy, 36, was killed in Portland, Oregon Sunday after police shot him twice during an altercation stemming from an alleged burglary on the city’s east side. Upon arrival at the scene, police say Healy, who had traveled to Portland […]
The Lund Report, March 17, 2015 Jerry Gabay has spread the tragic story of his daughter’s suicide with legislators for several years, but now with the help of Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer, D-Portland, he has worked to channel his sorrow into legislative action aimed to mend gaps in the state’s broken mental health system and prevent […]
GoodTherapy.org, March 13, 2015 With nearly half of college students experiencing anxiety and more than a third experiencing depression, college counseling centers are more important than ever. But a hole in medical and educational privacy laws could undermine the confidentiality of students’ counseling sessions. In a move that led to an outraged letter by two […]
Mentally ill man dies in volley of gunfire with Medford police, Medford Tribune, March 17, 2015 A 19-hour standoff between Medford police and an apparently mentally ill man ended Tuesday morning in a volley of gunfire, leaving the 49-year-old dead after he reportedly shot at police at least once. “It’s a sad case all the […]
Police Training Audit Fails Basic Task – Truth, published in Street Roots, March 17, 2015 By Jenny Westberg & Jason Renaud for the Mental Health Association of Portland “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21 The City Auditor’s March 2015 appraisal of the Portland Police Training Division is devastatingly […]
Press release, March 7, 2015 Wilsonville, OR – The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care is pleased to announce that its Hearing Voices Research and Development Fund has received $250,000 in funding for a 3-year project to bring Hearing Voices peer support groups to communities across the United States and to research the mechanisms […]
The Lund Report, March 6, 2015 HB 2363 puts Oregon Health Authority administrative rules into statute in an effort to minimize the use of non-therapeutic isolation of patients who come to emergency rooms during a mental breakdown but are locked in a room while receiving minimal treatment. Some Republicans objected to micro-managing the administrative process […]
Associated Press via OPB.org, March 4, 2015 The mother of a Southern Oregon man who died during an incident with law enforcement officers has sued the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, alleging deputies wrongfully fired stun guns. The federal lawsuit filed in Eugene says deputies discharged Tasers at least a half dozen times when trying to stop […]
KOIN.com, March 6, 2015 A jury has ruled that two Portland police officers did not act negligently before fatally shooting a suicidal man atop a downtown parking garage in January 2012. The Oregonian reports jurors deliberated for nearly three hours before making the decision Thursday. An attorney for the parents of Brad Morgan said the […]
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