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From The Lund Report, May 26, 2011 – by Amanda Waldroupe Rep. Mitch Greenlick sharply criticized the Board for not releasing patients to community settings A discussion of the proposed budget for the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) turned heated in the Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Services on Wednesday as lawmakers’ demands […]
From OPB.org, May 27th 2011 LISTEN – The Doors of the Oregon State Hospital The patients in the state’s mental hospital have landed there for a variety of reasons. A little more than half are there because they were found guilty of a crime “except for insanity.” That puts them under the jurisdiction of the […]
From the Portland Mercury, May 26, 2001 The Meter Is Running – Legal Bills in Campbell Shooting Hit $354,000 Settlement talks in a federal lawsuit filed by the family of Aaron Campbell—an emotionally distraught man shot by police after a standoff outside his home last year—have been postponed until later this summer, according to attorneys […]
From Oregonhealthauthority.net, May 25, 2011 In the adjoining picture, from left to right are Greg Roberts, Superintendent of the Oregon State Hospital, Matthew Kirby, Oregon State Hospital patient and advocate, and Richard Harris, Assistant Director of the Oregon State Addictions and Mental Health Division. Our two cents: this picture would have been unimaginable five years […]
From the Portland Mercury, May 22, 2011 Mike Reese Didn’t Grow Up Dreaming He’d Be a Cop. But he’s the guy who just led Portland’s police force through its most “tumultuous” year in memory. We talk shootings, mental health, and Tasers—and how next year might be better. Symmetry is a funny thing. When Mike Reese, […]
Jay Renaud’s 2010 farewell talk to members of the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association at their national conference in New Orleans. With NADA Founder Dr. Michael Smith, Renaud managed the organization from 1992 until his retirement in 2011.
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Guest Commentary in the Denver Post by Mark W. Diamond, MD, former Medical Director of Oregon State Hospital, May 20, 2011 Close your eyes for a moment and imagine that you’ve been alone for years and years, lying on a cold, concrete slab, in a stark windowless room, with virtually no human to communicate with […]
Annual Northwest NAMI Walk! Sunday, May 22, 2011 Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade Festival Area (near OMSI) Portland, Oregon Registration begins at noon; walk begins at 1 PM. 2,000 people will walk together in May, to say “Recovery is possible; mental health matters; and that people living with mental illness are a valuable part of our […]
From The Lund Report, May 17, 2011 Mental health advocates urge legislators to reform the Psychiatric Security Review Board Mental health advocates, in alliance with patients at the Oregon State Hospital, believe House Bill 3100 doesn’t go far enough to reform the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB), and are urging legislators to make significant changes. […]
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