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Juliet Follansbee points to progress at PSRB, with more than ever living in community, but others sound cautious note

April 12, 2014
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Street Roots, April 12, 2014 On the desk in Juliet Follansbee’s downtown Portland office is a thick book of Oregon laws. It contains only a few sentences that grant the state agency she operates tremendous power over the lives of hundreds of Oregonians. In May, Follansbee was made interim executive director of the Psychiatric Security […]

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Cover Oregon launches Tuesday to help more people get affordable insurance

September 29, 2013
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By Nigel Duara, The Associated Press, on WSB-TV2 Atlanta, Sept. 28, 2013 Six months ago, Ashley Slocki was on her husband’s employer-provided health insurance, and it came with dental, vision and low prescription co-pays. Slocki, now 27 and divorced, opened her mail one day in July to learn her so-called Cadillac plan was going away. […]

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EASA and other evidence-based mental health programs await better funding

February 22, 2013
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By Christopher David Gray, The Lund Report, Feb. 22, 2013   Leaders of the House and Senate have boosted support for the EASA program, which assists youth after a psychotic break. Gov. John Kitzhaber has earmarked a $1.8 million increase for the program, while the dramatic increase envisioned by Sen. Peter Courtney awaits a funding […]

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Legislation would make civil commitment stays lengthier, getting out tougher

January 28, 2013
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The Lane County DA says the senate bills would only affect the most extreme criminal cases.  However, typical civil commitments for non-Measure 11 offenders would still go from six months to two years.  The hospital director could not release a patient who is cured or no longer dangerous without a judge’s say-so.  And patients would […]

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Junction City hospital still unbuilt, and many want to keep it that way

January 17, 2013
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By Andrea Damewood, Willamette Week, Jan. 16, 2013 The road for the Oregon State Hospital in Junction City stretches across an open field, waiting to lead people to the state’s newest mental health facility. State officials have spent $61.8 million preparing the land in the Lane County town 15 miles northwest of Eugene. New water […]

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Peer-delivered services draw capacity crowd at statewide conference

January 14, 2013
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By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner, Jan. 14, 2013 “My life and the lives of others depend on it.” That’s how Amy Anderson describes peer-delivered wellness services. So it’s not surprising that peer services — a key part of the CCO (coordinated care organization) model used in health care reform — were on the […]

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How to tell if your child needs mental health services

January 12, 2013
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By Amy Wang, The Oregonian, Jan. 12, 2013 A study of more than 6,000 U.S. teens and their parents, published last week in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, found that most adolescents who consider or try suicide have received some mental health treatment, according to The New York Times. READ – “Study Questions Effectiveness of Therapy […]

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Officers describe difficulties in day-to-day crisis response

December 12, 2012
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By Andrea Damewood, Willamette Week, Dec. 12, 2012 It’s an otherwise slow Monday night, but Officer Casey Hettman is tense. He and two other Portland police officers move through a dingy hallway and flank the locked apartment door. Behind the door is an agitated man who believes President Obama is ordering him to kill. The […]

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State, Feds Reach Accord on Mental-Health Plans

March 27, 2012
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by Alan Gustafson, Statesman Journal, Mar. 26, 2012 The U.S. Department of Justice says it has reached agreement with Oregon officials on a yearslong strategy for reforming the state’s community mental-health system, correspondence obtained by the Statesman Journal shows. Federal officials said in a recent letter to the state Department of Justice that the agreement […]

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Is the Oregon State Hospital No Longer Mired in Misery?

March 18, 2012
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Salem Statesman Journal, March 18, 2012 For decades, the Oregon State Hospital was mired in misery. Behind the Salem hospital’s crumbling facade, mentally ill Oregonians were packed into a bleak, antiquated and unsafe asylum. New state-of-the-art facilities are now in place, but opinions are divided when it comes to a key question: Are patients receiving […]

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