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From Psychiatric Services, February 2016 Joseph Chien, D.O., David Novosad, M.D., Karl E. Mobbs, M.D. This column describes the conceptualization and implementation of an innovative collaboration between Oregon State Hospital and Oregon Health and Science University that was created to address understaffing and improve the quality of care. The hospital created a forensic evaluation rotation […]
The Department of Psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has an outstanding opportunity for a Board Eligible or Board Certified psychiatrist. OHSU’s Department of Psychiatry, in partnership with other major Oregon health systems, is opening a new 100+ bed psychiatric hospital and 75-bed psychiatric emergency service in Portland, Oregon. We are implementing a […]
By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner, August 4, 2013 How secure are your medical records? The answer for most people is, “Not as secure as you think.” And after its latest data breach earlier this week, Oregon Health & Science University’s repeated security lapses make it an exemplar of the widespread failure to protect […]
The OHSU Department of Psychiatry would like to invite (you – the public) to Grand Rounds taking place this Tuesday, March 26, 2013 from Noon – 1 PM in conference room 8B60 (8th floor) of the main hospital. Strategies for Discontinuing Hypnotic Use [medications] Rocky Garrison, Ph.D., CBSM, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry/OHSU Clinical Psychologist […]
By Rebecca Woolington, The Oregonian, Dec. 29, 2012 A Washington County sheriff’s deputy and sergeant were justified in their fatal shooting of an Aloha man who pointed a loaded rifle at them in July, the Washington County District Attorney’s Office determined this month. Shortly before 8:15 p.m. on July 7, sheriff’s deputies responded to reports […]
By The Oregonian Editorial Board, November 24, 2012 Under legal pressure in recent years, several of America’s big pharmaceutical companies started publicly reporting the cash payments they make to medical researchers who deliver presentations to other doctors — a good thing. Better yet are federal mandates that will require all drugmakers do that and more […]
The OHSU Department of Psychiatry would like to invite you to Psychiatry Grand Rounds. We have a great line-up of presentations that we are looking forward to sharing with you! Our first presentation will be held next Tuesday, September 11th from noon – 1pm in conference room 8B60/8th floor of the OHSU Hospital. “For Better […]
By Joe Rojas-Burke, The Oregonian, Friday, March 23, 2012 Published reports on the new drug Fanapt gave it high marks. One medical journal emphasized its “comparable efficacy” to other drugs used to treat schizophrenia, and prominently noted a lower risk of certain side effects. There was no mention that competing drugs outperformed it in three […]
By Oregon Health & Science University, for The Lund Report, March 8, 2012 Consortium will continue studying mechanisms that link stress, anxiety, alcohol intake The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has funded a five-year, $21 million Integrative Neuroscience Initiative on Alcoholism grant to support a multi-site consortium led by an Oregon Health & […]
By Denis C. Theriault, Portland Mercury, March 01, 2012 It was about 9pm on a blustery, rain-soaked Tuesday night — and, yet, thanks to a horde of Mardi Gras revelers, Old Town was unusually festive. Precisely what happened next isn’t exactly clear, but the basic inflections of the story, told by a handful of different […]
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