mental health

Legislators Work to Fill Gaps in State Assistance for Homeless, Mentally Ill

The House Health Committee is pushing two simple but possibly life-changing bills for the state’s neediest residents, allowing homeless people to get free copies of their birth certificates and steering Oregon State Hospital officials to sign up patients for federal assistance as they leave the mental hospital.

Feb 3, 2017

Insurance Commissioner Must Enforce Mental Health Parity Law, Says Provider Group

The Affordable Care Act requires health insurers to cover mental and behavioral health services as an essential health benefit, but the Tri-County Behavioral Health Providers Association is arguing that insurers are using their authorization process to illegally restrict access to these services. The group is asking Insurance Commissioner Cali to order a market conduct examination.

Oct 11, 2016

Oregon Unveils Plan To Help Mentally Ill, Under Pressure From Feds

Jul 29, 2016

$20 Million in Funding for Mental Health Housing Available Ariel West Thu, 07/07/2016 - 12:09

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Multnomah County Driving Surge of Patients Sent to State Mental Hospital

More patients are being admitted to the state mental hospital who’ve been arrested, some of them from petty misdemeanors, and account for nearly the entire growth at the facility, which is busting at the seams and turning away people who could be civilly committed.

Jun 3, 2016

A Doctor Yearns For A Return To The Time When Physicians Were ‘Artisans’

May 25, 2016

Opioid Epidemic Fueling Hospitalizations, Hospital Costs

Every day, headlines detail the casualties of the nation’s surge in heroin and prescription painkiller abuse: the funerals, the broken families and the patients cycling in and out of treatment. Now, a new study sheds light on another repercussion

May 4, 2016

Primary Care Doctors Often Don’t Help Patients Manage Depression: Study

Mar 25, 2016

Debate Arises Over HHS Plans For Privacy Rules On Addiction Treatment

Mar 23, 2016

Research Confirms Racial Inequities in Mental Health Treatments

Jan 6, 2016