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This lecture by Chris Farentinos, M.D., MPH, Director Behavioral Health Services- Legacy Health, ” Unity Center for Behavioral Health: A New Model for Behavioral Health Acute Care in Portland,” was delivered December 15, 2015 at OHSU grand rounds. The goals of Farentinos’ talk were Describe the current Psychiatric Emergency Service Models; Describe the “Alameda Model” […]
The Oregonian, Dec. 30, 2015 Less than a month after two state agencies released letters detailing serious complaints against Youth Villages Oregon, formerly known as ChristieCare, the organization announced plans to close its Lake Oswego residential facility. Called the Christie Campus, the facility provides mental health treatment for children ages 6 through 17 who “have serious […]
Press contact: Dr T Allen Bethel 503-288-7241 PICKET LINE/NEWS CONFERENCE TO PROTEST OFFICER FRASHOUR’S REINSTATEMENT Justice For Aaron Campbell Thursday, Dec. 31, 11:30 AM, Portland City Hall, SW 4th and Madison Tomorrow, Thursday December 31, the Albina Ministerial Alliance (AMA) Coalition for Justice and Police Reform will hold a picket line and news conference to […]
Prison Legal News December, 2015 by Mark Wilson A Birmingham, Alabama health care company has taken over medical care at the Washington County jail in Hillsboro, Oregon in the wake of a scathing audit that led county officials to terminate a contract with Corizon Health two years early. The audit found that a lack of […]
From The Oregonian, December 23, 2015 Mental health services for inmates at Multnomah County jails are not adequate, a citizen panel said this week. The Corrections Grand Jury, which reviews the jail operations of the Sheriff’s Office, released its annual report that praised much of the departments work but also repeated concerns about mental health […]
Portland Tribune, December 19, 2015 Miguel Tellez knows what it’s like to need help. As a teenager who moved with his family from Mexico to Arizona, Tellez turned to drugs and alcohol as a release from being frustrated with the discrimination he faced as a poor teen who didn’t yet speak English. “My social circle […]
by Jenny Westberg & Jason Renaud for the Mental Health Association of Portland Published in Street Roots – December 10, 2015 When we are out and about, meeting and tweeting, connecting with people in their first years of recovery from mental illness, invariably they want to DO SOMETHING. Something big! Something political and artistic and […]
The Cleveland Clarion – September 28, 2015 See – Teen pot use documentary gets Oregon grad into college, KGW.com A documentary film endeavoring to show “weed culture” at Cleveland by an alumnus has made waves, getting more than 120,000 views on Youtube and making the school community uncomfortable. 2015 graduate Ben Grayzel’s “High School: An […]
Curry County Pilot, December 11, 2015 Local law enforcement officials plan to keep their existing protocol when responding to calls concerning people with possible mental illnesses and take them to the emergency room in Gold Beach which will soon no longer have a “hold room” in which to stabilize them. With the closure of the […]
From the Portland Business Journal, December 10, 2015 Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare released architectural plans today for its new $3.5 million center in Northeast Portland. The facility will combine mental and physical health services with affordable housing. The organization has raised about $1.7 million for the project in the past five months, meaning the project looks […]
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