An empty hallway is pictured at the Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facilities (NORCOR) jail in The Dalles, Ore., Monday, July 31, 2017.
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HB 3391 would have created a commission to set standards and also conduct inspections
Mar 23, 2023
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People in rural communities have higher incidents of overdoses, alcohol related deaths and suicides, than those living in more urban areas. Suicide risks are particularly high for men working in fishing, farming and ranching industries.
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OPB concludes its series on holes in the mental health system with a look at the stresses and wider lack of mental health services in rural Oregon
Mar 21, 2023
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Patients fill in their answers to the prompt, “I dream to someday…” in a hallway at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem, March 8, 2023.
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PROBLEM: Roughly one in five Oregonians has a substance use disorder
Mar 15, 2023
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Words of encouragement are added to an anonymous message on a display at the Youth Villages office in Lake Oswego, March 2, 2023. Youth Villages supports kids up to 18 with emotional or behavioral problems through their in-home Intercept program.
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The requirement to wear masks when visiting doctors, dentists and other health care professionals soon goes away
Mar 3, 2023
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra at a roundtable on youth mental health on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, in Portland, Ore.
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Secretary Xavier Becerra and Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek heard from Portland students and others on what’s needed to help young people access mental health support
Mar 2, 2023
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Oregon State University in Corvallis, with Weatherford Hall on the right.
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Mifepristone, a medication used to end pregnancy, is more tightly regulated than other medications and 12 state attorneys general are registering their objections