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Tag: Hawthorne Asylum

Beyond the Cuckoo’s Nest

October 6, 2016
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How Portland and Oregon Have Historically Dealt with Mental Illness—and What It Means for Us Today The Portland Mercury, Oct. 5, 2016 One of the oldest mental hospitals in the US is the still-standing Friends Hospital in Philadelphia. Founded in 1813 by Quakers, the institution did not always have such a brief name. It was […]

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History of Care of Insane in the State of Oregon

October 7, 2012
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History of Care of Insane in the State of Oregon By O. Larsell Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Dec., 1945), pp. 295-326 DOWNLOAD – History of Care of Insane in the State of Oregon. THE FIRST REFERENCE to insanity among white men in the Northwest occurs in connection with a massacre by the […]

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Take our Lone Fir Cemetery Survey

September 30, 2008
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The Mental Health Association of Portland, along with Metro, have created an online survey to collect opinions and ideas about a new memorial space at Lone Fir Cemetery. Input from the mental health community is being solicited NOW. Click Here to take our survey One public meeting has already been held to collect community input. […]

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A short history of the public mental health system of Oregon

February 7, 2000
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By Bob Nikkel, MSW, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Mental Health Services, MHDDSD February 2000 DOWNLOAD – this essay as a formatted PDF document. [The material for this short history is based primarily on an article by O. Larsell, which appeared in the December, 1945 issue of Oregon Historical Quarterly; and a paper by Jim […]

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