Despite a longstanding push to integrate care and better serve patients, the way many insurance plans cover mental health doesn’t necessarily support integrating it with physical care.
Dr. Ajit Jetmalani, a child psychiatrist at Oregon Health & Science University, is urging parents to watch for signs of anxiety and depression in their children.
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Concerns linger as state health officials start to distribute funds lawmakers authorized in 2021.
A new audit said that about half of the people in Multnomah County who need mental health medication reported that they did not get it in a timely fashion or at all.
Thousands of people in Oregon are interested in using psilocybin as a mental health treatment under the voter-approved program.
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Interviews shed light on how the House passed a bill with stiffer penalties for assaults on health care workers, but supporters’ last-minute efforts failed in the Senate. The bill had sparked concerns it would cause further criminalization of mental illness.
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Move by Universal Health Services follows tentative state approval last October for a scaled-down 60-bed facility if it assists hospital emergency departments with their boarding problems.
Despite recent signals that COVID’s grip on the country may be easing, many older adults are struggling with persistent malaise.
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Legislators grilled an outside expert and the Oregon Health Authority about a proposal to charge counties that don’t accept Oregon State Hospital patients.
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An Oregon Health Authority proposal to charge counties for unaccepted Oregon State Hospital patients won’t kick in until at least 2023, if ever.
