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People in rural communities have higher incidents of overdoses, alcohol related deaths and suicides, than those living in more urban areas. Suicide risks are particularly high for men working in fishing, farming and ranching industries.
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EMILY CURETON COOK/OPB
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James Schroeder.
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COURTESY OF HEALTH SHARE OF OREGON
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Christine Reeh, a licensed therapist, tells the Oregon House Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, how insurance auditing practices threaten to reduce access to mental health treatment services.
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OLIS SCREEN GRAB/THE LUND REPORT
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The Red Lion Inn & Suites in Seaside was purchase by CareOregon so it could be converted into housing for health care workers, as well as people with behavioral health needs.
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COURTESY OF CAREOREGON
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SHUTTERSTOCK
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Patients fill in their answers to the prompt, “I dream to someday…” in a hallway at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem, March 8, 2023.
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KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB
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Activists on Feb. 13, 2023, protested the proposed closure of Mount Hood Family Birth Center in Gresham.
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JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT
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Wildfire smoke filling the Willamette Valley in September 2017, and increasingly bad wildfire seasons are contributing to overall worsening air quality in the Pacific Northwest, a new report finds.
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U.S. FOREST SERVICE
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MARCELO IKEDA TCHELÃO/PIXABAY
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SHUTTERSTOCK