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PSRB Updates Legislators on Releasing Patients from Oregon State Hospital

The critical factor is increasing the availability of different types of residential facilities, according to Mary Claire Buckley
November 30, 2011— When legislators approved the Psychiatric Security Review Board’s (PSRB) budget earlier this year, they attached a string -- the board needed to start thinking about ways to move patients out of the Oregon State Hospital into community treatment facilities. That string took the form of a “budget note.” Read More >>

Roy Orr Becomes VP at Salem Health

August 11, 2011 – Roy Orr, FACHE, has been named vice president of network and business development at Salem Health, the parent company of Salem Hospital. Read More >>

Psychiatric Security Review Board Reform Bills Set to Become Law

Although both House Bill 3100 and Senate Bill 420 passed the Legislature handily, doubts still remain
June 29, 2011—Two bills that will reform the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) have passed the House and Senate. Expected to soon become law, they represent the most substantive changes to Oregon’s mental health system in many years.    Read More >>

Drastic Changes Needed at Oregon State Hospital

Mental health advocates urge legislators to reform the Psychiatric Security Review Board
May 17, 2011—Mental health advocates, in alliance with patients at the Oregon State Hospital, believe House Bill 3100 doesn’t go far enough to reform the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB), and are urging legislators to make significant changes.
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Advocates Urge Legislators to Reform Psychiatric Security Review Board

Under House Bill 3100, a state-certified psychologist or psychiatrist, not the PSRB, would evaluate people before they could plead guilty except for insanity.
May 17, 2011 -- Matthew Kirby has seen things he’d rather forget during his stay at the Oregon State Hospital (OSH). These days, though, he has reason for hope.
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OSH Spends Nearly $2 Million to Change Culture

A firm based in Indiana, Kaufman Global, has been hired to turn Oregon State Hospital into a first-class psychiatric facility
December 1, 2010 – State officials signed a nearly $2 million professional services contract on Monday to change the culture and turn Oregon State Hospital into a recovery-oriented organization. Read More >>

Construction Booming for Mental Health Hospitals

A building boom may be good for capacity but it threatens to supplant community mental health options
October 12, 2009 -- As private mental health hospitals spring up across the state to compete with a new Oregon State Hospital building under construction, community mental health providers are crying out for their own funding. Read More >>
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