February 2015 – Mental Health PDX

Moving on: Maggie Bennington-Davis

February 26, 2015

Health Share of Oregon has appointed Dr. Maggie Bennington-Davis as senior medical director of the Tri-County Metro area coordinated care organization. Currently chief medical officer and chief operating officer for Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, Oregon’s largest comprehensive community mental health program, Bennington-Davis will join Health Share on May 18. She will lead the coordinated care organization’s […]

Authorities give homeless campers 14 days to vacate Stevens Road Tract

February 26, 2015

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The Bulletin, Feb. 24, 2015 The state and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office are taking action to get transient campers out of tents on state lands east of Bend and into more suitable living shelters. The Oregon Department of State Lands on Monday posted emergency closure signs at the Stevens Road Tract restricting public access […]

Woman with mental illness stashed in jail: ‘Cruel’ ordeal never should have happened

February 20, 2015

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From The Oregonian, February 20, 2015 A woman suffering from a severe mental illness sat locked in isolation in a Yamhill County jail for 10 days awaiting a state psychiatric bed. She was suicidal, hearing voices and unable to get proper medication to treat her psychosis. She was never charged with a crime. Three judges […]