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Social worker to help library defuse crises

Multnomah County's Central Library adds position to aid patrons with mental-health needs Multnomah County Library is preparing to hire its first full-time social worker to aid library staff in defusing on-premise mental health crises and to better se ...

19 Jun 2015 - Emily Green
Report finds inadequacies in placement, treatment of Oregon’s mentally ill youths

Juvenile detention centers – where most inmates experience mental illness – aren’t equipped to handle kids with serious needs In Oregon, kids with mental health needs who come into state custody are being warehoused in juvenile detention facilities becaus ...

29 Jan 2016 - Emily Green
Stunned: Matt Klug’s saga with Portland police finally ends

Commissioners vote against exonerating officer who used Taser on man with epilepsy, mental illness at least four times Updated at 2:30 p.m. to include comments from Portland Copwatch. For the first time in 14 years, Portland City Council was called upon W ...

23 Feb 2017 - Emily Green
The real reason we’re depressed, anxious – and what to do about it

Depression isn't rooted in biology but in how we're living our lives, author Johann Hari explains The way we’ve been taught to think about depression and anxiety is all wrong, says Johann Hari. In his new book, the London-based journalist and Ne ...

19 Jan 2018 - Emily Green
How hard is it to have someone committed?

In Oregon, it's not easy to mandate that someone get mental health treatment. Local officials and a workgroup in Salem want to change that. Two groups have been working separately on legislation for the upcoming session that would make it easier for ...

12 Oct 2018 - Emily Green
Psychotic city: Combination of meth plus mental illness plays out on Portland streets

But the cause of someone's psychotic symptoms is often a mystery to police – and even to doctors at first Walking through downtown Portland, it’s not unusual to cross paths with some poor soul yelling obscenities into the air while erratically dartin ...

14 Dec 2018 - Emily Green
How technology is harming our ability to feel empathy

Dr. Helen Riess, author of 'The Empathy Effect,' says the way we communicate can influence how and what we feel for others Empathy can be learned, and it can be lost. Every time a person chooses to communicate through text message, email or soc ...

15 Feb 2019 - Emily Green
Portland mental health responders, an alternative to police, usually bring cops

A heavy reliance on law enforcement is a departure from the original intent of the Multnomah County-funded Project Respond Despite Multnomah County leadership’s efforts to steer away from treating mental health crises as a criminal matter, police remain d ...

3 May 2019 - Emily Green