July 2018 – Mental Health PDX

Oregon Looks To Ease Process For Recovered Addicts To Help Others

July 27, 2018

OPB Radio – July 25, 2018 We don’t usually celebrate failure in the United States, but the truth is that success often stems from it. Few people understand that better than “peer support specialists,” counselors who struggled with drugs, alcoholism or mental illness, but eventually rebuilt their lives and now work to help others do the same. Melinda Borgman said […]

Refugees’ invisible war: mental health

July 26, 2018

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Portland Tribune, July 25, 2018 Cultural stigma over treatment takes additional toll on state’s Arab Muslims, despite services being available. Samir and Sarah, whose last names have been withheld for security reasons, moved to the United States four months before President Donald Trump took office in 2017, applying for refugee status to escape the war […]

Team Beats Back Jail Door

July 19, 2018

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Portland Observer – July 19, 2018 Works with drug addicted, homeless to change outcomes A pilot project shows promise as a way of helping people struggling with serious drug addictions, many of whom living on the street, get connected with social services and treatment, instead of continuing to cycle through the criminal justice system. In […]