Oregon is in an aid and assist crisis: How did we get here? (Statesman Journal, 2/15/2023)
Oregon State Hospital aid and assist patient census by county and by charge classification (serial) Oregon Health Authority
mental health
Youth mental health
Oregon Health Authority
One Thing All Three Candidates for Governor Can Agree On: Cleaning House at the Oregon Health Authority (Willamette Week, 10/17/22)
Annual performance progress report (annual) Oregon Health Authority
Discharging State Hospital patients
Oregon State Hospital Ordered To Discharge Some Patients Sooner (Lund Report, 9/1/2022)
Oregon neutral expert report regarding Mink/Bowman (2022) Oregon Health Authority
Oregon State Hospital – aid and assist (2019) Oregon State Hospital
OSH patient handbook: aid and assist (2020) Oregon State Hospital
Climate change and mental health in youth
Study: Climate change affects mental health of young Oregonians (OPB, 6/14/2022)
Climate change’s impact on youth mental health examined in OHA report (KGW, 6/14/2022)
Oregon teens reporting ‘eco-anxiety’ from climate challenges, report finds (Capital Chronicle, 6/14/2022)
Climate change, extreme weather events hurting mental health of Oregon’s youth, report says (Statesman Journal, 6/14/2022)
Climate change and youth mental health (2022) Oregon Health Authority
Report on climate change and youth mental health in Oregon (2021) University of Oregon
State Hospital consultant’s report
Oregon State Hospital overcrowding could be eased with these improvements, mental health expert says (Oregonian, 6/6/22)
Expert Recommends State Ease Oregon State Hospital Bottlenecks (Lund Report, 6/7/22)
Neutral expert first report regarding the consolidated Mink and Bowman cases (2022) Oregon Health Authority
Neutral expert second report regarding the consolidated Mink and Bowman cases (2022) Oregon Health Authority
State Hospital consultant’s report
Court-ordered consultant suggests temporary fixes for Oregon State Hospital’s admissions problems (Oregonian, 2/2/2022)
Neutral expert first report regarding the consolidated Mink and Bowman cases (2022) Oregon Health authority
Disparities in behavioral health care
Oregonians Of Color Hesitant To Seek Behavioral Health Care, Survey Finds (Lund Report, 1/27/2022)
Investing in culturally and linguistically responsive behavioral health care in Oregon (2021) Oregon Health Authority
Invertir en atención de salud conductual cultural y lingüísticamente receptiva en Oregon (2021) Oregon Health Authority
Solitary Confinement in Prisons
Lawyers challenge solitary confinement in Oregon prisons, seek limit of 15 days in isolation (Oregonian, 12/22/21)
Behind the eleventh door : solitary confinement of individuals with mental illness in Oregon’s State Penitentiary Behavioral Health Unit : an investigative report (2015) Disability Rights Oregon and United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Four years later : Oregon prison overhauls treatment of inmates with serious mental illness (2021) Disability Rights Oregon and United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
State Hospital population
‘The state did not follow through.’ As Oregon State Hospital brings on National Guard staffers, others recall facility’s long-term problems (Oregonian, 6/4/2021)
Oregon State Hospital – aid and assist (2019) Oregon State Hospital
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