Mental Health Association of Portland – Oregon's impartial & Independent advocate
Leaders of the City of Portland often claim the city does not provide services to people with mental illness, addiction, alcoholism, and that those services are entirely the province of other entities, such as the state, the county, the public health insurers such as CareOregon or Health Share, or private organizations such as hospitals and […]
By Tanner Aliff. For The Register-Guard, March 6, 2021 It took a while for me to get used to the screaming of handcuffed patients spastically yelling murderous threats at their police escorts as they wheeled them through the emergency room. It didn’t faze the veteran nurses — probably didn’t even crack their top 50 memorable […]
Polk County Itemizer-Observer – February 24, 2021 Polk County must hold Daniel Hauge-Cook until state mental hosptial has space DALLAS — Polk County law enforcement officials are worried about the well being of an inmate in their custody at the jail. While Daniel Hauge-Cook waits for an opening at the Oregon State Mental Hospital, officials […]
Below are a list of all persons shot and killed, shot and wounded, shot at and not killed, and killed by a conducted electrical weapon (CEW), also known as a Taser, in Oregon, in 2020, by state certified law enforcement. No officers received discipline for any of these incidents from their employers. No county district […]
The Oregon Health Authority is pleased to announce the appointment of 21 members to serve on a new Oversight and Accountability Council (OAC) to oversee the implementation of Measure 110, the Drug Treatment and Recovery Act. The appointees represent a wide variety of communities and perspectives, in keeping with OHA’s mission to expand health equity […]
Discharged Portland patient, found handcuffed and shivering in ambulance bay, plans to sue Unity psychiatric hospital Oregonian – November 23, 2020 An attorney for a man ordered out of Portland’s psychiatric hospital a year ago and left handcuffed in the ambulance bay while police were called has filed a notice of intent to sue Unity […]
Sent by email January 19, 2021 Dear Governor Brown, First, thank you again for appearing virtually at our December 2020 Oregon Housing Conference to welcome the 450+ attendees. Your comments were thoughtful in the midst of the crisis of our lifetime. Members and supporters of the Mental Health Association of Portland appreciate your concern for […]
Oregon Addiction Data extracted from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, December 2020 The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) provides national and state-level data on the use of tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs (including the non-medical use of prescription drugs) and mental health in the United States. Information from NSDUH is […]
From the Corvallis Advocate, JANUARY 9, 2021 by Andy Thompson Editor’s Note: The names and other identifying information of the family in this story have been changed For family and other onlookers, a psychotic break can look like someone that’s suddenly devolved into delusional thoughts or paranoia, and even hallucinations. Angela Jaffrey puts it this […]
From the Oregonian, January 8, 2021 As a growing coronavirus outbreak at the Oregon State Hospital fills up the facility’s lone COVID-19 unit, administrators this week moved to stop admitting new patients so they can use the available space for more quarantine beds. U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman agreed to allow the psychiatric hospital […]
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