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Vancouver Clinic. | COURTESY VANCOUVER CLINIC

Vancouver Clinic to open new mental health center

It will accept Medicare and fill other gaps in the area’s behavioral health care system.

Jan 12
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon State Hospital largely passed inspection, violations remain

Federal regulators found the state-run mental health hospital still has problems with medication, food storage, cleanliness and sanitation.

Jan 12

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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Oregon State Hospital treatment limits to remain in place

A judge upholds a ruling that limits the length of psychiatric treatment for patients awaiting criminal prosecution.

Jan 10
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Aspen Springs Psychiatric Hospital was closed after six months.

Why an Oregon nonprofit is working to reopen a psychiatric hospital in eastern Oregon

Community Counseling Solutions is resurrecting a closed psychiatric hospital in Umatilla County.

Jan 10

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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

State officials, advocacy group want hospitals’ lawsuit over psychiatric gridlock dismissed

Hospitals had blamed harm to psychiatric patients on state inaction, but new court filings fault hospitals themselves.

Dec 29, 2022
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Peer support specialists working for Malheur County offered Narcan, an overdose-reversing drug, to people stopping by a day shelter in Ontario on Oct. 13, 2022. | KYLE GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

OHSU to test if rewarding safer drug use reduces fatal overdoses in Oregon

Researchers have won a $3.17 million federal grant to test the effectiveness of offering rewards for engaging in harm reduction programs.

Dec 23, 2022
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Oregon reaches $173 million settlement with pharmacy companies in opioid lawsuit

The money will go toward addiction prevention and treatment efforts in Oregon.

Dec 13, 2022

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STREET CAMPERS ON SOUTHWEST 13TH AVENUE IN PORTLAND ARE CLEARED FROM THE AREA ON APRIL 12, 2022. THE CAMP HAD BEEN HOME TO A GROUP BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 24./REBECCA ELLIS/OPB

Portland mayor suggests easing process to involuntarily commit people with mental health struggles

Oregon has long made it difficult to force people to get mental health treatment. But as homelessness worsens, there are growing calls to loosen those laws.

Dec 13, 2022

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Origins Faith Community is a nonprofit day shelter in Ontario, Ore., that launched a peer program with Measure 110 funding. On Oct. 13, 2022, Anthony Caliendo, 52, walks through the dining room before the day’s lunch is served. | KYLE GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon’s Addiction Care Rollout Puts Peers In A Precarious Position

The number of people in recovery hired to connect people to treatment is increasing, but the broken system in which they work poses challenges and risks.

Dec 8, 2022

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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Long-Running Case Involving Defendants And The Oregon State Hospital Back In Court

District attorneys are unhappy with a judge's order to discharge Oregon State Hospital patients within a certain timeline, as are hospitals that treat people for psychiatric conditions.

Nov 23, 2022