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

October 9, 2014

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 […]

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 […]