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An artist's depiction of a proposed psychiatric hospital proposed for a site in Wilsonville. | UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES

Universal Health Wins Tentative Approval For 60-bed Wilsonville Psychiatric Hospital

The state has granted fewer beds than the company sought, and the facility must devote nearly half its beds to mental health patients from hospital ERs and other secure facilities.

Aug 27, 2021
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Southern Oregon Mental Health Provider To Shutter Youth Residential Treatment Facility

Kairos Northwest’s director blames the closure on financial pressures and another provider’s "highly unethical direct poaching” of its employees.

Aug 16, 2021
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Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare walk-in clinic in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Behavioral Health Slammed By Worker Shortage In Oregon

Behavioral health care providers look for ways to recruit and retain talent as they seek to expand services.

Aug 10, 2021
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Washington County’s Hawthorn Walk-In Center for mental health and addictions care in Hillsboro./Washington County

Washington County Greenlights One-Stop Recovery Center For Substance Use

The Center for Addictions Triage and Treatment could add up to nearly 100 sorely-needed detox, sobering and residential treatment beds.

Jul 26, 2021
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Lawsuits Seek $37.5 Million From Tobacco Companies In Death Of 2 Oregonians

The estates of the two people, who both died in 2018, are suing Philip Morris USA, RJ Reynolds and others.

Jun 28, 2021
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Outside CareOregon in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

CareOregon Donates $7.5 Million For Mental Health, Addiction

The money goes to 25 organizations that serve Medicaid members in the Portland area, on Oregon’s north coast and in Jackson County.

Jun 21, 2021

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Advocates gather Thursday near the Oregon capitol to support legislation and policy to improve access to addiction recovery treatment. Each of the 1,206 flags represents someone who has died from drugs or alcohol./Ben Botkin/The Lund Report

Measures To Fight Addiction Are Stalled In Oregon Legislature

Advocates for better drug- and alcohol-addiction services urge lawmakers to take action on a range of bills.

Jun 11, 2021
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | JESSICA FLOUM/THE LUND REPORT

Patient Sues Oregon State Hospital Over Alleged Sexual Abuse 

In its response, the Salem-based facility acknowledged it investigated and substantiated a sexual abuse claim tied to the patient.

Jun 7, 2021
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An artist's depiction of a proposed psychiatric hospital proposed for a site in Wilsonville. | UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES

Critics, Including Providence, Legacy, Pan Proposed Wilsonville Psychiatric Hospital

But supporters say the facility would serve a need, even if it didn’t fix Oregon’s tangled and inadequate behavioral health care system.

Apr 27, 2021
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Proposed Overhaul Of Oregon’s Mental Health Care System Starts With Phone Number

Oregonians may get a 9-8-8 emergency phone line to take behavioral health calls, and a new network of behavioral health teams and centers.

Apr 21, 2021
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