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From the Salem Statesman Journal, May 24, 2010 Chief medical officer Mark Diamond relished an opportunity to become a leader of the state’s push for change at the much-criticized state hospital. “Looking at a job where I felt I would be needed and wanted,” he said, summing up the appeal. “And also knowing that a […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, May 24, 2010 Business analyst Joy O’Hearn wanted to make a fresh start, so she walked away from her career at a private-sector outsourcing company to help bring new technology to the outdated institution in Salem. O’Hearn previously worked in the Portland office of Automatic Data Processing, one of the […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, May 24, 2010 It’s been a rough year for Sharon Mangan. “I wake up at night, dreaming about this place,” she said, “and the day before I go back to work, I start going downhill, just thinking about having to go back.” As a front-line staffer in Oregon State Hospital’s […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, May 24, 2010 Why anyone would choose to work at the Oregon State Hospital might seem like a mystery, given crumbling facilities, chronic understaffing and ongoing scrutiny by federal investigators. But clearcut reasons why people have decided to work at the Salem psychiatric facility emerged in Statesman Journal interviews with […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, May 23, 2010 Hiring boom has not relieved workers from long, stressful hours As double-digit unemployment hammers this state, the crowded and understaffed Oregon State Hospital is in the midst of a hiring boom, potentially leading to the largest staffing expansion in the hospital’s long, checkered history. So far, the […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, May 23, 2010 ‘An insane replacement for actual staffing’ Calvin Patterson is sick and tired of mandated double shifts for employees at the Oregon State Hospital. “This is an insane replacement for actual staffing,” said Patterson, an eight-year employee. During her first year of work at OSH, Sharon Mangan has […]
When speaking of people with mental health conditions, it’s usually easy to stay away from the worst of the pejoratives. We know that “crazy,” “psycho,” “head case,” and the rest are no better than “towelhead,” “kike,” “spic” or “beaner.” (See Part 1 of this article.) But what do we say instead? Is “mentally ill” okay, […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, May 21, 2010 Federal court oversight is urged to improve care of patients Two mental health advocates told the Oregon State Hospital advisory board Thursday that they do not trust state officials to make necessary improvements at the Salem psychiatric facility. They repeated their call for Gov. Ted Kulongoski to […]
By Jenny Westberg, board member of the Mental Health Association of Portland, May 21, 2010 published in Coming Up For Air, a monthly guest column in Street Roots Newspaper According to the National Institute of Mental Health, each year around 25 percent of adults suffer from a diagnosable mental illness — more than 57 million […]
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