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By Amanda Waldroupe, The Lund Report, November 4, 2011 The number of people calling the Multnomah County mental health crisis has been growing – particularly during October. Last month, there were close to 4,900 calls, and, in the two previous months, more than 5,000 people called the hotline. What’s unclear is whether the 15 billboards […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, November 04, 2011 Oregon’s largest police force wants to install video cameras in all of its patrol cars – following state police and agencies in Clackamas and Lincoln counties, Tigard, Lake Oswego, Medford and Scappoose. But Portland’s budget problems may stall the bureau’s effort to expand use of the technology […]
By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner Nat Holder, of Occupy Portland’s Safety Team, has a request. “What we’d like,” said Holder, “is for someone to come onsite and do training” to help them deal with problems of mental health and addiction. Holder is one of the points of contact for the team, which is […]
The Portland Tribune, November 3, 2011 Portland’s Home Forward announced this week the first large-scale opening of its public housing waiting list in more than a year. On Nov. 16, Home Forward (previously called the Housing Authority of Portland) will open waiting lists for about 800 apartments in seven public housing buildings on a first-come, […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, November 2, 2011 A lawsuit filed against the Oregon State Hospital on behalf of a 32-year-old mental patient alleges he was mistreated and overmedicated by hospital clinicians, leading to two heart attacks in November 2009. The civil suit accuses hospital doctors and caregivers of negligence, including: -Failing to obtain informed […]
From AP.com, November 02, 2011 A federal court jury today convicted a Spokane police officer of using excessive force on a mentally ill man who died in 2006 after being struck and Tasered at a convenience store. Officer Karl Thompson was accused of brutally beating Otto Zehm, a 36-year-old schizophrenic man, and then lying about […]
From the Corvallis Gazette-Times, November 1, 2011 If an Iraq War veteran’s injury during a California protest comes to stand as a symbol of the Occupy Wall Street movement, protesters here also hope it draws attention to the city’s problem with police violence. Scott Olsen, whose skull was fractured when police moved in on an […]
By Bill Graves, The Oregonian, Nov. 2, 2011 Social and health care workers attending the second annual conference of the Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest this week in Portland learned about diabetes and suicide prevention, but they also picked up tips on how to make dream catchers and medicine bags. The three-day event […]
By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner At a noontime gathering October 21, hosted by Empowerment Initiatives, the only peer-run and operated mental health service provider in Oregon, U.K. mental health worker Ron Coleman was speaking on – what else? – empowerment. “Empowerment is not a gift. No one is going to give us power. […]
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