mental health

Foundation for Excellence in Mental Healthcare Begins Funding First Projects

Foundation for Excellence in Mental Healthcare Begins Funding First Projects

The foundation's mission is to advocate for a more holistic approach to treating mental illness
February 6, 2012—The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Healthcare and its executive director Gina Nikkel are off to a running start, funding its first projects that Nikkel hopes will begin creating a more holistic understanding and way of treating mental illness. Read More >>
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Central City Concern Opens Recovery Center

Central City Concern Opens Recovery Center

The center was made possible because of a $8.95 million federal grant and initially will serve 600 homeless people
  December 2, 2011 -- When Central City Concern opens its downtown clinic on December 12, teams of doctors and alternative medicine professionals will help hundreds of people whose drug addictions or mental illnesses threaten to keep them on the streets. Read More >>
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Mental Health Contracts Changed to Reflect New Funding Formula

Mental Health Contracts Changed to Reflect New Funding Formula

Some counties will receive more, or less, funding for mental health programs than they did in the past
November 23, 2011—With some kinks fixed and recalculations made, a new formula defining the amount of funding each county receives for mental health programs is here to stay, said Richard Harris, the director of the Oregon Health Authority’s Addictions and Mental Health division. Read More >>
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Mental Health Organization Takes up Challenge to Create CCO

Mental Health Organization Takes up Challenge to Create CCO

GOBHI, which provides mental health benefits in 17 rural counties, has been leading discussions with physical and dental organizations, to create a coordinated care organization
November 21, 2011—A mental health organization is leading the charge toward transformation. Greater Oregon Behavioral Healthcare, Inc., (GOBHI), based in The Dalles, is in active discussions with a multitude of healthcare providers to become a coordinated care organization (CCO) by next July. Read More >>
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Multnomah County Rebalances Budget to Account for $12 million in State Cuts

Multnomah County Rebalances Budget to Account for $12 million in State Cuts

The state’s new funding formula for allocating money to counties for mental health services takes funding away from some counties, gives money to others
September 15, 2011—Multnomah County’s Board of Commissioners voted this morning to use $8 million of its one-time only money, general fund reserves and Verity funds to make up $12.4 million in state cuts affecting the county's safety net services. Read More >>
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Advocates Urge Legislators to Reform Psychiatric Security Review Board

Advocates Urge Legislators to Reform Psychiatric Security Review Board

Under House Bill 3100, a state-certified psychologist or psychiatrist, not the PSRB, would evaluate people before they could plead guilty except for insanity.
May 17, 2011 -- Matthew Kirby has seen things he’d rather forget during his stay at the Oregon State Hospital (OSH). These days, though, he has reason for hope.
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Mental Health Groups Want to Preserve Advanced Directives

Mental Health Groups Want to Preserve Advanced Directives

A bill characterized as an administrative fix has drawn opposition and a close vote in the House
April 29, 2011 -- A bill that would allow caregivers to ignore psychiatric advanced directives in certain cases of involuntary commitment has drawn opposition from the mental health community. After narrowly passing the House, it now moves to the Senate. Read More >>
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Doubts, Warnings to Lawmakers Fill Transformation Testimony

Doubts, Warnings to Lawmakers Fill Transformation Testimony

Groups are worried about leaving some vulnerable populations behind and skeptical about alleged cost savings
April 28, 2011 -- Doubt and skepticism along with some strong warnings about revamping the Oregon Health Plan and other human services were heard loud and clear Wednesday night as lawmakers met to discuss House Bill 3650, the newly drafted healthcare transformation legislation. Read More >>
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Symposium Focuses on Alternatives to Psychotropic Drugs

Symposium Focuses on Alternatives to Psychotropic Drugs

April 25, 2011 -- Robert Whitaker, author of "Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America," returns to Portland on May 13-14 to focus on alternatives to psychotropic drugs. Read More >>
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Mental Health Decisions Given More Leeway

Mental Health Decisions Given More Leeway

House Bill 2375 would help people who need mental health treatment but cannot make such a decision by themselves.
April 25, 2011--A bill allowing people to make decisions for an incapacitated loved one regarding their mental illness passed the House by a 59-1 vote on Monday.
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