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AMH director wants “aid and assist” law changed, so more can be treated in community

October 9, 2014
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The Lund Report, Oct. 9, 2014 The director for the state Addictions and Mental Health Division laid down a concrete proposal at Tuesday’s Oregon Health Policy Board meeting that could go a long way toward reforming the Oregon mental health system and freeing up capacity at the state mental hospital. Director Pam Martin wants the […]

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Legislators finally hear of unchecked increase & expense of criminal defendants at Oregon State Hospital

May 30, 2014
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From the Oregonian, May 29, 2014 Two-thirds of the patients admitted to the Oregon State Hospital last year were criminal defendants admitted under court orders, a legislative panel heard Thursday. Sixty percent of those patients faced felony charges, and the other 40 percent faced misdemeanors, said Greg Roberts, hospital superintendent. Patients facing relatively minor offenses […]

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