Interesting Information about Mental Health in Portland
People recovering from mental illness and addiction are exceptional stewards of wellness and hope.
Alcoholics Anonymous - Portland Area Intergroup. This site hosts comprehensive lists of meetings and events.
Sisters Of The Road supports community driven solutions to the calamities of homelessness and poverty, in an atmosphere of gentle personalism and nonviolence.
The Mental Health Association of Oregon is an inclusive grassroots organization dedicated to empowering consumer / survivor voices to drive services and policies that foster wellness and full participation in the community.
The Icarus Project envisions a new culture and language that resonates with our actual experiences of extreme states of consciousness rather than trying to fit our lives into a conventional framework. We are a network of people living with the dangerous gifts that are commonly labeled as bipolar or related 'mental illness.' The Portland Chapter of Icarus meets weekly, and recommended reading includes their Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs (PDF 2.3 MB).
We can't endorse treatment centers or care providers - programs and those who run them are too unstable to track. These below are select because they are large, provide many services, and have competent leadership.
Lifeworks Northwest offers the most comprehensive array of treatment and counseling services available in Oregon.
It is the core philosophy of Central City Concern that in order for a person to successfully achieve self-sufficiency, they must not only have access to housing, support services and employment opportunities, but also must be building positive relationships with those who have had common experiences and can offer support.
Portland is a center of some research about mental illness and addiction
Oregon Health Sciences University - Psychiatry Department
The Regional Research Institute for Human Services is the research component of the Graduate School of Social Work at Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.
We encourage you to read beyond the borders of Portland
The Cochrane Collaboration - The reliable source of evidence in health care
Furious Seasons is a pharma-skeptical blog by investigative journalist Philip Dawdy
Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look - excellent formulary-skeptical blog
Psychiatric Medications - up-to-date news clips about meds for mental illness
Mental Health Association of Portland
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