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Washington County’s Hawthorn Walk-In Center for mental health and addictions care in Hillsboro./Washington County
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IN 2012, WASHINGTON COUNTY, ORE., EPIDEMIOLOGIST KIMBERLY REPP WAS ASKED BY COUNTY OFFICIALS TO STUDY SUICIDE. SHE ACCOMPANIED ONE OF THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER’S DEATH INVESTIGATORS ON HIS GRIM ROUNDS FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. “NOTHING CAN PREPARE YOU FOR WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO SEE,” SHE SAYS./ADAM WICKHAM FOR KHN