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Month: June 1999

Legislators stonewall fairness

June 29, 1999
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By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, June 29, 1999. Not available elsewhere online. Our lawmakers in Salem are more open to a good scare than to good advice. The basic points are clear in their quivering handling of a medical insurance issue: Scientists have proved that some serious mental illnesses are biologically […]

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Living with bipolar disorder

June 20, 1999
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From The Oregonian, June 20, 1999 – not available elsewhere online [Eds. Note: One informant for this story asked politely to have this story removed from the MHAP site. It’s an important story so we agreed to redact the name.] Three Oregonians who have manic depressive illness find that dedicated therapists and proper medications are […]

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Mental health forum calls on Portland

June 8, 1999
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From The Oregonian, June 8, 1999 – not elsewhere online THE CITY LINKS WITH THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A CONFERENCE BROADCAST LIVE TO 6,000 SITES NATIONWIDE Sandy Hayden suddenly sat up in her threadbare easy chair and focused on the television. It was January, and President [Bill] Clinton had just announced plans for a White […]

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