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@mentalhealthpdx- RT @LakeviewHealth: This Is What A Day In Rehab Looks Like | bit.ly/2w3DSJY
about 4 hours ago - @WirralRecovery @MentalHealthCop All US States still lag behind any nation with universal health care.
about 6 hours ago - Colorado just outlawed jail for people in a psychiatric crisis, but plenty of states still do it.
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about 6 hours ago - Parents & police are encountering toddlers & young children unconscious or dead after consuming an adult’s opioids. nyti.ms/2ydvdFz
about 18 hours ago - @overdriven56 Oh, regrets!
about 19 hours ago - @ReneDenfeld Crime is an unmet clinical problem.
about 19 hours ago - @pdxdirect We're working on this right now.
about 19 hours ago - @ESPNMichele What was result of Seau suit?
about 20 hours ago - @eugenegu There should be warning labels on all football equipment + ESPN.
about 20 hours ago - RT @TamerELG: Aaron Hernandez Found to Have Severe C.T.E. - He was only 27 years old when he killed himself in prison https://t.co/qc6eJFg…
about 20 hours ago - @ReneDenfeld And now add CTE to the list: Aaron Hernandez.
about 20 hours ago - The Police Need to Understand Autism nyti.ms/2ycqXpI
about 21 hours ago - "The dogs bark but the caravan moves on" is an old AA saying.
about 24 hours ago - RT @choo_ek: Yet the vast majority of GOP Senators supports it. This mental malfunction is their pre-existing condition. https://t.co/aGZHU…
about 1 day ago - RT @invisiblepeople: It's extremely hard to find homeless services for single dads. bit.ly/2e4jorb
about 2 days ago - @nytmedia What a surprise.
about 2 days ago - RT @RecoveryMonth: #Recovery is a process, and that journey is what #RecoveryMonth celebrates! RT if you believe the path to #wellness is w…
about 2 days ago - @tas_the_devil Bipolar is the new alcoholism for the young lawyer set. Great story.
about 2 days ago - What do you wear the first day back to work after a 90-day leave of absence because of a psychotic break? https://t.co/ebisR2bSS5
about 2 days ago - Absolutely. twitter.com/mstobivail/sta…
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Tag Archives: Oregon State Hospital
Beyond the Cuckoo’s Nest
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Hawthorne Asylum, mental health history, Oregon State Hospital, OSH
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Opinion: More options, not more beds
The Register-Guard, April 21, 2016 When a state psychiatric hospital has empty beds, it’s a good sign for Oregon’s health system and for people who struggle with mental illness. While a March 22 Register-Guard story focused on unopened beds at … Continue reading
Junction City institution remains costly and half occupied step backwards
The Lund Report, April 13, 2016 The view from behind the gray concrete walls of the Oregon State Hospital in Junction City looks out upon the yellow-green bucolic plain of the Willamette Valley to dark green foothills on both sides … Continue reading
Junction City facility celebrates 1st anniversary – half empty
Note: The Mental Health Association of Portland opposed building this institution. For example, see our op-ed in the Register-Guard, “Junction City hospital the worst way to treat mentally ill.” Oregon State Hospital officials are celebrating the first anniversary of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Junction City, Junction City costs, Oregon State Hospital
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