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Redesigning Multnomah County’s Mental Health System

May 25, 2008
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In 1999, in the wake of the shuttering of Garlington Center, several public deaths of people with mental illness, and a distressing countywide site review by the state mental health division, a wide-open, concerted, public conversation about Portland’s mental health system was launched by County Chair Beverly Stein. The conversation became more complex as the […]

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Give county credit that is due

December 14, 2003
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By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, December 14, 2003. Not available elsewhere online. The Multnomah County crisis line (503-988-4888) dispatched the county’s mobile crisis unit, Project Respond of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, to one of about 150 calls for mental -health assistance it receives weekly from the public and police. Julie Larson of […]

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Turnaround against odds earns support

May 6, 2003
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By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, May 6, 2003. Not available elsewhere online. Any darn-fool manager can make an agency look good when taxes flood in like high tide at full moon. When the tax tide ebbs, though, it takes brains, skill and grit to perform like a star. As one who […]

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County turns negative into positive

October 26, 2002
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By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, October 26, 2002. Not available elsewhere online. Sometimes a negative is a positive, as in the steep drop in hospital days for mentally ill Portland-area residents. In November 2001, the number of mentally ill Multnomah County residents in acute-care hospitals peaked at 3,485 patient bed days. […]

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County turns negative into positive

October 26, 2002
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Editorial by by Robert Landauer, October 26, 2002 Sometimes a negative is a positive, as in the steep drop in hospital days for mentally ill Portland-area residents. In November 2001, the number of mentally ill Multnomah County residents in acute-care hospitals peaked at 3,485 patient bed days. At $700 a day, the bill totaled $2.44 […]

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Redesigning services: gold amid gravel

November 20, 2001
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By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, November 20, 2001. Not available elsewhere online. Reorganizations foster stress. They breed discontent. Workers’ gripes are common. Multnomah County’s redesign of its mental health and addiction services fits the pattern: rumors galore and reports of delays, false starts and warfare among leadership rivals. Yet listen to […]

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Too little, too late in prisons

October 21, 2000
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By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, October 21, 2000. Not available elsewhere online. The numbers vary little across state corrections departments: 70-80 percent of prisoners have alcohol and drug problems relating to their criminality. Oregon’s 10,469 prison inmates fit that profile. Three-quarters have a history of criminal activity directly related to alcohol […]

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Look who’s settling down next door

April 29, 2000
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By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, April 29, 2000. Not available elsewhere online. Parishioners are grumbling. Some oppose welcoming the would-be neighbors. Many are leery. A few are in favor. The issue is whether Madeleine Parish should lease an 18,000-square-foot building at 2330 N.E. Siskiyou St. to Mental Health Partners Inc. The […]

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R&R plan fits local conditions

April 18, 2000
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By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, April 18, 2000. Not available elsewhere online. For wartime U.S. generations, R&R is shorthand for “rest and recreation” — a furlough from the fighting at the front. For younger Americans, R&R means “rehabilitation and recovery” — rescue from mental illness and drug abuse. Rehabilitation helps people […]

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Overcoming barriers to housing

April 15, 2000
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By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, April 16, 2000. Not available elsewhere online. We have systems that strive to feed the hard to feed, clothe the hard to clothe and educate the hard to educate. We don’t have a system yet to house the hard to house.” Andy Miller of Portland’s Bureau […]

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