Portland must have a 24-hour, fast-responding service unit to address where people are, right now In our interview with Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw, a recurring theme emerged. We need new responders on the front lines to attend to the calls for ...
7 Dec 2018 - SR editorial board
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
The activist, who will speak in Portland, wants women of color to know they’re not alone Dior Vargas is a Latina feminist mental health activist whose work has appeared in publications such as Forbes, Newsweek and The Guardian, and whose many awards inclu ...
14 Sep 2018 - Sarah Hansell
Zack McDermott’s memoir, ‘Gorilla and the Bird,’ describes his experience with bipolar disorder, the failure of the criminal justice system when it comes to mental health, and the unconditional support from his mother, ‘Bird.’ When public defender Zack Mc ...
4 May 2018 - Mike Wold
COMMENTARY | One man's course to a better life after trauma, depression, addiction, homelessness A Crooked Path Forward This series is a first-hand account of the struggles and successes of overcoming trauma, mental illness, addiction, homelessness ...
27 Apr 2018 - Dustin Dandliker
Several Street Roots vendors were at Cityteam, some for shelter and others for an AA meeting, when police shot John Elifritz on April 7 It has been a hard week at Street Roots. A handful of our vendors witnessed the police shooting Saturday night at Cityt ...
13 Apr 2018 - Kaia Sand
The Florida judge talks about a restorative justice system that doesn’t criminalize mental illness In 1993, Aaron Wynn suffered a psychotic episode while he was in a grocery store in Broward County, Fla. It was a residual effect from the head trauma he su ...
23 Feb 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
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
The renowned scholar and author is coming to Portland to talk about her own experience with schizophrenia One day, when she was 16, Elyn Saks abruptly got up from her desk, walked out of her classroom and left school. She headed home, but she could not ex ...
9 Jun 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
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