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From The Oregonian, April 30, 2012 The heavily redacted mental evaluation report on Daniel Butts, the accused killer of Rainier Police Chief Ralph Painter, contains very little information not revealed in court during his aid and assist hearing earlier this year. READ – the not-redacted Aid & Assist judgement from Columbia County Judge Ted Grove, […]
Oregon State Bar members share their stories of dependency and addiction — and recovery By Melody Finnemore – for the Oregon State Bar Bulletin “Elaine” was born into a family of alcoholics and watched her father, also an attorney, battle the disease for many years while growing up in the Midwest. “My father had a […]
From the South County (Scappoose) Spotlight, April 25, 2012 State struggles with rising number of heroin overdoses, availability of illicit narcotics It was meant to strike a hefty blow to the region’s heroin supply. A two-month Columbia County Narcotics Team investigation led to a large-scale bust Feb. 24 at the Gresham house of suspected drug […]
April 29, 2012, from AP.com Telecare caused quite a stir in 2010 when it opened two residential homes in northeast Bend. Neighbors feared their property values would drop and worried that some residents of the mental health facilities might be dangerous. They later complained about residents’ tendency to smoke on neighborhood sidewalks. The debate put […]
Here are a bundle of documents and historical photographs of the Oregon State Hospital. These come from a variety of sources, including the State Archives and the State Library (which are fairly unsearchable through Google or Bing or other search engines). Some of the items come from our personal collection. Female inmates receive nurse’s aid […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, April 24, 2012 A theft of patient information from the car of the Oregon State Hospital’s chief of psychiatry has created a confidentiality breach affecting approximately 550 current and former patients, the hospital reported today. Patients at Oregon State Hospital received a hand-delivered letter today explaining the details of the […]
From the Transition Projects April e-newsletter Shelley Dixon is a name that is known well around Transition Projects. Clients, staff and volunteers who have had the pleasure of meeting her will all sing her praises. Shelley has served every role imaginable at Transition Projects and has knowledge of both sides of the social service experience. […]
Curry County in far southwest Oregon has given up attempting to manage its public health, addiction health, mental health and developmental disability departments. Commissioners are seeking a independent nonprofit organization to manage the state contracts currently managed by the Public Health Department and Mental Health Departments. Several other Oregon counties are in similar distress, including […]
From the Portland Tribune, April 26, 2012 Advocates push for more freedom; board sees trouble ahead Matthew Kirby, a mental health activist in the new group Fair Shake, is challenging the authority of the state’s Psychiatric Security Review Board. For a decade, Rex Gorger had lived at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem following a […]
From The Lund Report, April 26, 2012 Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon’s decision to eliminate mental health benefits and impose a higher deductible for medical care and drugs is troubling to consumer advocates. About 30,000 Oregonians will feel the impact on October 1. “This is significant and very troubling to see one of the major […]
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