Otto Wahl – Mental Health PDX

‘Mental patient’ costumes pulled from U.K. stores, but you can buy the same or worse here

October 9, 2013

By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner, Oct. 9, 2013 When two U.K. chain stores pulled “mental patient” and “psycho” Halloween costumes from sale and apologized, it made headlines that stretched across the Atlantic, from the BBC to CNN, AP, Reuters and all points in between. Now, just a few days later, the story’s gone […]

Fliers being posted in neighborhoods around the city are ‘hate speech,’ says PCOD

August 14, 2013

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By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner, August 13, 2013 Anonymous fliers being posted around Portland, with messages threatening to reveal the names of neighborhood residents who receive disability benefits, qualify as “hate speech,” according to the Portland Commission on Disability (PCOD). As of today, the PCOD says it has received 75 reports of the […]

MHAP’s Media Guide gets more play

March 8, 2012

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By Jenny Westberg In our continuing work to end discrimination against people with mental illness and addiction, the Mental Health Association of Portland takes on a wide range of tasks, from feature films to public forums. But whichever pot we’re stirring, all our projects further our mission, “to help persons with a diagnosis of mental […]