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Director of Oregon’s psychiatric review board says she welcomes change

On the desk in Juliet Follansbee’s downtown Portland office is a thick book of Oregon laws. It contains only a few sentences that grant the state agency she operates tremendous power over the lives of hundreds of Oregonians. In May, Follansbee was made in ...

12 Apr 2014 - Jake Thomas
Oregon prepares for $20 million mental health roll-out

Oregon’s mental health care systems gained attention and new money from the 2013 legislative sessions-- and more is on the way. While this is good news for Portlanders, especially those experiencing homelessness, mental health problems or addiction, it’s ...

18 Nov 2013 - Jasmine Rockow
Leave the patients to us: Is Nevada unloading its mentally ill in Oregon?

They were given a bus ticket along with a few days worth of medication and food. They traveled long distances to cities in California where they arrived as strangers. Their journeys have sparked outrage and lawsuits. Now there are calls to find out if it ...

4 Oct 2013 - Jake Thomas
That’s what she said — a look back on some notable quotables from Street Roots interviews in 2010

That’s what she said — a look back on some notable quotables from Street Roots interviews in 2010 What’s more important — losing the lawsuit, or saving someone’s life down the road? And their reaction, historically, is always the same: Let’s worry about t ...

12 Jan 2011 - Street Roots
Matters of life or death

Matters of life or death Mental health activist Jason Renaud weighs in on the latest shooting by police of unarmed citizens in crisis By Israel Bayer Staff Writer Jason Renaud had been an advocate for the rights of people with addiction and mental illness ...

18 Feb 2010 - Street Roots
Mental Health Association of Portland new column in Street Roots: Compassion, good guidance, the bedrock of new center

Mental Health Association of Portland new column in Street Roots: Compassion, good guidance, the bedrock of new center From the August 7 edition of Street Roots. On July 2 the Multnomah County Commission voted to fund and build a new facility to help pers ...

20 Aug 2009 - Street Roots