The Mental Health Association of Portland opposes city of Portland’s camps for people who are homeless, as described in five resolutions passed by four of five City Council members The Mental Health Association of Portland opposes the city of Portland’s c ...
16 Nov 2022 - Mental Health A...
A carceral response to public inebriates — once narrowly focused on low-income people downtown — caused people to search for a better way, fueling the creation of HADIN In the mid-1980s, the most dire problem on the streets of Portland (from the point of ...
6 Jul 2022 - Jason Renaud
The impacts on overall health outcomes should be monitored Stress during a pandemic can elicit fear and worry about health, it can disrupt sleep patterns, make concentration difficult, worsen chronic health conditions and mental health conditions, and lea ...
6 Jan 2021 - Rupal Ramesh Shah
Since Aaron Campbell’s death, at least 20 people with mental health or substance problems have been killed by Portland police. Say their names. Members of the Mental Health Alliance will vote YES on Portland City Ballot Measure 26-217 to form a new and em ...
7 Oct 2020 - The Mental Heal...
COMMENTARY | Rethinking Psychiatry to host Dr. Karen Hixson Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. for an event accessible virtually or by phone Dr. Karen Hixson will offer a radical mental health perspective in her talk, “Our Collective Mental Health During the Cov ...
6 May 2020 - Rachel Levy
COMMENTARY | The DOJ settlement resulted in training, but that wasn’t the solution we needed Koben Henriksen was the fifth person in a mental health crisis killed by officers of the Portland Police Bureau in 2019. Prior to Henriksen, Portland officers kil ...
20 Dec 2019 - Jason Renaud
COMMENTARY | And that’s a very good thing The great basketball writer Jackie MacMullan recently stood at the front of a hotel ballroom in Tampa, taking questions after collecting a career achievement award from the Association for Women in Sports Media. I ...
19 Jul 2019 - John Affleck
COMMENTARY | Homeless students deserve the same education as their peers Improving educational outcomes for all of Oregon’s students is urgent business. That’s why it was so important to me to add a provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act, passed by ...
8 Feb 2019 - Ron Wyden
Portland must have a 24-hour, fast-responding service unit to address where people are, right now In our interview with Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw, a recurring theme emerged. We need new responders on the front lines to attend to the calls for ...
7 Dec 2018 - SR editorial board
COMMENTARY | Four generations of women in my family have sacrificed, struggled, made mistakes and endured. I owe my existence and determination to them. Great-Grandma Irma owned a trailer and the tiny plot it stood on. Over the counter between the kitchen ...
20 Jul 2018 - Dustin Dandliker