Understanding the link has created opportunities for training and prevention in Oregon “Breaking the Silence” is a statewide media collaboration aimed at putting a spotlight on the public health crisis of suicide in Oregon and offering our readers, listen ...
5 Apr 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
The Florida judge talks about a restorative justice system that doesn’t criminalize mental illness In 1993, Aaron Wynn suffered a psychotic episode while he was in a grocery store in Broward County, Fla. It was a residual effect from the head trauma he su ...
23 Feb 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
The renowned scholar and author is coming to Portland to talk about her own experience with schizophrenia One day, when she was 16, Elyn Saks abruptly got up from her desk, walked out of her classroom and left school. She headed home, but she could not ex ...
9 Jun 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
Director talks about providing effective, compassionate mental health care in the wake of the UCC shooting At 10:38 on the morning of Oct. 1, a 26-year-old Umpqua Community College student shot and killed nine students and injured nine more before killing ...
15 Oct 2015 - Amanda Waldroupe