Mental Health Association of Portland

1. Portland Housing Bureau Awards $9 Million to 3 Low-Income Housing Developments
   Portland Housing Bureau, ‘News from PHB’, February 14, 2012 The Portland Housing Bureau is investing over $9 million in nonprofit developers to build and preserve affordable rental homes. Last fall, PHB announced the availability of funding through a competitive process and invited developers to submit proposals for either new construction or repair of existing apartments [...]
2. Forecast: Funds for new Junction City psych facility cloudy
   By Saul Hubbard, The (Eugene) Register-Guard, Feb. 22, 2012 SALEM — As the monthlong 2012 legislative session enters the home stretch, the fate of continued construction funding for the proposed new state psychiatric hospital in Junction City remains unclear. To keep the project moving through next June and the 174-bed hospital on track to open [...]
3. Denver activist selected to head Portland’s Office of Equity
   In July 2011, we wrote to Portland Mayor Sam Adams and Commissioner Amanda Fritz about the need to explicitly include and represent people with mental illness and/or addiction in the new Office of Equity, pointing out that we are the most discriminated against, oppressed underclass in Portland (or anywhere).  We made a particular point of [...]
4. Two States Investigate Oregon Prison Counselor Who Admits Napping on Second Job
   By Les Zaitz, The Oregonian, Friday, February 17, 2012 Ming Zhu, a prison counselor, works full-time jobs at two prisons in two states. Zhu gets off duty at 6:30 a.m. from his graveyard job at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, drives an hour to Oregon and clocks in for a full shift at Eastern [...]
5. How to stop construction of the Oregon State Hospital @ Junction City
   READ – Junction City hospital the worst way to treat mentally ill CONTACT – Committee members of the capital construction subcommittee of the Joint Ways and Means Committee. See contact information below. MESSAGE – Patients and professionals agree: funds are needed for community-based outpatient mental health services – not a new hospital. Don’t commit another [...]
6. First Transgender State Board Member, First Lesbian Fire Chief
   From The Guerrilla Angel Report by Lexie Cannes, February 18, 2012 And these appointments occurred quietly, seemingly without anyone batting an eye. And this is how it should be done — selected without public attention to gender identity or sexual orientation. I’m making note of here to measure how far we’ve come, at least here [...]
7. MHAP interview on public access TV highlights Eyes & Ears fund drive
   Eyes & Ears is a newsletter created and published for the past 15 years by and for persons with a diagnosis of mental illness. It the most widely distributed publication by and for mental health consumers in the state, containing local and national mental health news, resources and event listings, and individual stories of accomplishment [...]
8. Oregon State Hospital Opens New Wing, Offers Public Tours, and More
   Our coverage includes the official press release; for those of you who just can’t wait, some already existing information about visiting friends and family at the Oregon State Hospital, including a Video Tour of the Trails Program; and finally, an odd and fascinating Video Tour of the tunnels under the hospital. As always, use the [...]
9. Health Reform in Oregon: Coordinated Care Could Improve Conditions For All
   By Mary Monnat, Guest Columnist for The Oregonian, Saturday, February 18, 2012 An orthopedic surgeon, a consumer of mental health services, a dentist and an addiction counselor are sitting at a table … talking. No, this is not the windup to a joke. Far from it. This is a serious conversation and one of hundreds [...]
10. Southwest Portland Has a New Low-Cost Mental-Health Center
    By Katy Muldoon, The Oregonian, Friday, February 17, 2012 A new low-cost health center serving those with mental health, addiction and relationship issues — the Lewis & Clark Community Counseling Center — has begun taking clients. The center, at 4445 S.W. Barbur Blvd. offers counseling and therapy for individuals, couples and families. Fees are based [...]
11. Southeast Portland Man Who Repeatedly Stabbed Pregnant Wife Gets 90 Months
    By Aimee Green, The Oregonian, Friday, February 17, 2012 A 34-year-old man who repeatedly stabbed his pregnant wife in a drug-fueled rage was sentenced today to 7½ years in prison. Last July 18, Brian Shaun Nickel used the hallucinogenic drug, ketamine. His wife, who was three months pregnant with their first child, told him she [...]
12. Suicidal Man in Northeast Portland Throws Down Knives, Surrenders
    By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Friday, February 17, 2012 UPDATE: Man in custody at 4:58 p.m. on NE Liberty – after throwing knives down on sidewalk. Earlier: Portland Police officers are attempting to talk with a man who is armed with knives and has said he wants to commit “suicide by cop,” according to police. [...]
13. Eyes & Ears – February 2012
    Here’s the February 2012 edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals. Download and read the February 2012 issue at: Online Reading Version of Eyes & Ears – with links Full article version of Eyes & Ears – for printing Contact the [...]
14. Multnomah County Grand Jury Finds No Criminal Wrongdoing by Portland Police in Fatal Shooting of Brad Lee Morgan
    By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Wednesday, February 15, 2012 A Multnomah County grand jury has found no criminal wrongdoing by Portland police in their Jan. 25 fatal shooting of 21-year-old Brad Lee Morgan atop a downtown parking garage. The grand jury issued its ruling this afternoon after it began hearing testimony on Monday. Fifteen witnesses [...]
15. Portland Chief Mike Reese Defends Use of Force, Says Officers Responding to Twice as Many Suicide Calls
    Portland Police Chief Mike Reese presented a report to the Downtown Public Safety Action Committee on Feb. 14th, defending his bureau’s record in dealing with suicidal people. So far, there are seven stories in the local media, included in full in this post – use the following Links to go to each section. The Oregonian: [...]