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New State Director of Addictions and Mental Health Touts Coordinated Care, Community Transition

May 30, 2013
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From The Lund Report, May 30, 2013 Pamela Martin, PhD, a recent transplant from New Mexico, said she’s still getting her bearings in Oregon’s healthcare system Pamela Martin, PhD, stepped into her new role as director of Oregon’s Addictions and Mental Health Division at the beginning of May, and she’s still getting her bearings in […]

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The Olmstead Decision: Oregon’s Plan for Community Integration & Recovery

October 15, 2009
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THE OLMSTEAD DECISION: Oregon’s Plan for Community Integration & Recovery Draft 3 September 29, 2009 A meeting on this DRAFT will be Tuesday, October 20, 2009 from 1:30-3:30 pm at DHS in Salem, Rooms 137 A+B. Conference call: 1-877-455-8688 – Code: 674980 Preface The landmark 1999 Olmstead Supreme Court case, affirmed the Americans with Disabilities […]

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The Next Wave of Change: Mental Health, Addictions, and Primary Care Integration

September 20, 2009
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Mental Health America of Oregon Presents a Roundtable Dialogue The Next Wave of Change: Mental Health, Addictions, and Primary Care Integration Thursday, September 24, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM 501 SE Hawthorne, Portland Panelist – Richard L. Harris, MSW Interim Assistant Director for Addictions and Mental Health, Oregon State Department of Human Services Former Executive […]

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Oregon State Hospital Advisory Board – seeking members

August 12, 2009
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Oregon State Hospital Currently Seeking Members for the Oregon State Hospital Advisory Board (OSHAB) This new advisory board was created by the Legislature in 2009 to improve the safety, security and care of patients at the Oregon State Hospital. Deadline to apply is September 1, 2009. OSHAB consists of 16 members. Fourteen members shall be […]

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No Progress – NAMI’s grade for Oregon remains a C

August 1, 2009
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The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill has released another national survey of state mental health services. Their last survey, in 2006, graded Oregon’s state mental health services with a C. READ – NAMI’s 2006 Oregon State Report Card. In the past three years the state’s grade has been negligible, according to NAMI. Their survey […]

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An Oregon School for Troubled Teens Is Under Scrutiny

May 15, 2009
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From Time Magazine, May 13 2009 On April 28, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that has caused anguish in the world of special education and children’s mental health. The case, Forest Grove v. TA, centers on the question of whether families with a disabled child have a right to seek […]

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Mental health care and addiction treatment programs hurt by budget cuts

April 28, 2009
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Opinion published in the Salem Statesman Journal on April 27 2009 by Gina Nikkel, Ph.D., who the executive director of the Association of Oregon Community Mental Health Programs. These agencies are immediately and directly affected by the Governor’s proposed budget cuts to mental health services. The Community Mental Health Programs (CMHPs) are the primary safety […]

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We must not fail in transformation of state hospital

April 20, 2009
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Opinion by Daniel Smith, published in the Salem Statesman Journal April 18 2009 Dr. Daniel Smith has spent 25 years working in community mental health, the past six as a forensic psychologist at Oregon State Hospital in Salem. The governor’s special master, Judge James Hargreaves, reported that poor planning and a lack of urgency are […]

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Judge who critiqued Oregon State Hospital to leave U.S.

April 12, 2009
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From the Salem Statesman Journal, April 10 2009 Writer of controversial report secures five-month consultant contract in eastern Europe The author of a critical report about the Oregon State Hospital said Friday that he plans to step down from his latest state-paid consulting job to take new work in eastern Europe. Thursday will be the […]

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Audit finds Human Services falls short monitoring foster children’s prescriptions

April 6, 2009
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From the Oregonian, April 2 2009 More than one year ago, child welfare officials pledged better oversight of the psychiatric drugs given to one in five foster children, but an internal state audit shows that isn’t happening. The audit, dated December 2008, found medication logs missing from child welfare files and almost none of the […]

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