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From the Medford Mail Tribune, January 30, 2011 Officials say there are few services available to treat mentally ill except ‘imminent risk’ cases As the Ashland homeless man acquitted in the Oak Knoll fire case was about to be released from jail Dec. 10, his defense attorney was asked: What do you think will happen […]
Since September of 2006 the Mental Health Association of Portland has brought the community’s attention to the death and life of James Chasse. This long effort is culminating in the production of a much-anticipated documentary film, Alien Boy: the Death and Life of James Chasse. The film is beginning post-production NOW and is expected to […]
Elizabeth Lynn Dunham was born in Eugene and grew up in Portland. She attended All Saints School, the American School of Kinshasa, St. Mary’s Academy, the University of Oregon, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1996, she married Steven Jay Cummings; they divorced in 2006. Known for her quick wit and fierce intelligence, […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, January 22, 2011 Kaufman Global is not a household name in Oregon. But the Indiana-based consulting firm is well known to leaders of the state Department of Human Services. Since 2007, DHS has awarded Kaufman Global three contracts for consulting services, and the firm has played an influential role in […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, January 21, 2011 A New Jersey physician has been hired to become the first chief of medicine at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem. Dr. Brian Little comes to OSH from Ancora Psychiatric Hospital in New Jersey. READ – DOJ CRIPA investigation of Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, August 2009 READ – […]
From the Eugene Register Guard, January 19, 2011 Planners say a smaller psychiatric facility in Junction City is needed A new forecast Tuesday said a psychiatric hospital is still needed in Junction City, but it should serve fewer than half the number of patients called for in the original plan. The report, issued by the […]
Surprise! As the Oregon State Legislature begins to engage with a $3.5 billion shortfall in the 2011-13 biennium the Oregon State Hospital project at Junction City appears to be dissolving… That’s okay because since it’s inception as an employment program by State Senator Peter Courtney independent advocates for mental health services have been skeptical of […]
By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner Winston Churchill called depression the “black dog”; it pursued him throughout his life. Scott ray Becker saw it too. But Scott, a Portland filmmaker, did something rather extraordinary. He looked back at the terrifying hound, and turned on his camera, capturing the experience of depression and the fight […]
Free Commmunity Writing Workshop for people living with and/or affected by experiences that are often diagnosed and labeled as psychiatric conditions With Write Around Portland, in partnership with Portland Hearing Voices, and First Unitarian Church Mental Health Action Group Wednesdays, 6-8pm February 9th-April 13th, 2011 Download the flier here. Writing journals, pens and light snacks […]
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