ADRIANA SANCHEZ, AN UNDERGRADUATE NURSING STUDENT AT THE OHSU SCHOOL OF NURSING’S ASHLAND CAMPUS, PROVIDES A FOOT BATH FOR A CLIENT ON MAY 17, 2022./ADAM SULLIVAN/OHSU
After a successful launch, the program will expose more students to meeting the complex needs of people experiencing homelessness in Jackson and Klamath counties.
In the state with the highest rate of meth use in the nation, the drug is driving severe mental illness among criminal defendants at the state psychiatric hospital, and patients elsewhere are paying the price.
Aug 2, 2022
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A NEW ONE-STOP TREATMENT CENTER WILL BE LOCATED IN THIS BUILDING IN BEAVERTON ON NORTHWEST EVERGREEN PARKWAY, WHICH CURRENTLY HOUSES THE COUNTY'S EMERGENCY DISPATCH./COURTESY WASHINGTON COUNTY
More than two years after Portland’s only sobering center closed, plans are gaining momentum for a place where people under the influence of meth can sober safely.
Applications are open for a new state task force aimed at helping the working poor with affordable health coverage.
Mar 24, 2022
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Darlene Eckert was a resident representative during the five-year Housing with Services program that provided coordinated health care to more than 1,400 residents in Portland./Courtesy of Darlene Eckert.
Founding leaders of the ambitious effort to improve care and save money hope its demise has lessons for a national audience.
Mar 22, 2022
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An artist's drawing of a new county Behavioral Health Resource Center planned for downtown Portland, at the old Bushong building site./Courtesy of Multnomah County
The Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon will operate a peer-run program at the Behavioral Health Resource Center, slated to open in Portland this fall.