Oregon Considers Changing The Way Mentally Ill People Are Committed
Last year, Don Baglien’s 19-year-old son experienced a psychotic break. It was a Sunday afternoon. He picked up the family picnic and threw it over the fence.
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Breaking The Silence: Mental Health Workers Considering Suicide Not Alone
Kathy Marambe spent 40 years helping people in a mental health crisis.
Opinion: Breaking The Silence – Now It’s Our Turn
Something amazing happened last week in Oregon: in coffee shops, at the gym, driving carpools, meeting friends -- just about everywhere people gather in Oregon, we have been talkin
Personal Trauma Motivates Naito Family To Invest $1 Million In Mental Health
Anne Naito-Campbell felt appalled when a judge ruled that the man who allegedly sexually assaulted her daughter was not guilty. She had seen the bruises on her daughter. She had watched her struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Panel Calls For More Collaboration Among Mental Health Services
Mental health services have fallen short for the people who need them most in Oregon — the Portland area especially — but a panel of authorities offered hope Thursday that the system can be improved through collaboration among multiple service providers.
Multnomah County Fires Top Mental Health Officials; Promotes Insider
Multnomah County has fired its two top mental health leaders and promoted an insider to lead its Mental Health and Addiction Services Division following an investigation into complaints of abuse and neglect at the Unity Center for Behavio
Press Release: Former Adviser to Sen. Patty Murray Will Lead Disability Rights Oregon
The Board of Directors of Oregon’s leading statewide disability rights organization announced Tuesday it had hired the Senate’s top staff member on disability policy, Jake Cornett, to serve as the organization’s new executive director. The Board of Directors launched a nationwide search to fill
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