Patient dies at Oregon State Hospital
A patient died unexpectedly on Tuesday at the Oregon State Hospital, the state’s public psychiatric hospital in Salem, ...
Police investigating patient death at Oregon State Hospital in Salem
In an email to the Statesman Journal, Oregon State Police said the death is an active investigation but foul play is not ...
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Oregon State Hospital faces possible fines, contempt ruling over long admission waits for criminal defendants
Lawyers for Disability Rights Oregon and private hospitals on ... failing to admit jailed criminal defendants to the state psychiatric hospital within seven days for treatment when they are ...
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Advocacy groups push for contempt judgment against Oregon for mental health admission delays
Oregon has dozens of people waiting an average of over 13 days to be admitted to the state psychiatric hospitals. State ...
'They/Them/Turtle': Oregon mental health advisory board includes member who identifies as terrapin species
JD "Terrapin" Holt, who uses the pronouns "they/them" and "turtle," sits on the Oregon Health Authority's Consumer Advisory ...
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Kotek vies for new investments in behavioral health workforce, treatment access
After releasing her 2025-2027 budget proposal, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek testified in the Oregon legislature on Tuesday in ...
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Oregon's efforts to avoid a federal contempt order will hurt people experiencing mental illness, critics say
A new rule issued by state officials scrambling to persuade a federal judge against issuing a contempt order and hefty fines ...
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Can’t make this up! Oregon mental health advisory board includes member who identifies as a turtle
A member of an Oregon mental health advisory board identified in meetings with pronouns, "they, them" and "turtle." ...