A lot has changed since Richard Lewis first hit the comedy scene in 1971, but Lewis’s onstage persona has stayed point-on: neurotic, obsessive and cathartically using fodder from his life on the analyst’s couch. Performance as therapy. Therapy as performa ...
15 Feb 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Oregon’s mental health care systems gained attention and new money from the 2013 legislative sessions-- and more is on the way. While this is good news for Portlanders, especially those experiencing homelessness, mental health problems or addiction, it’s ...
18 Nov 2013 - Jasmine Rockow
They were given a bus ticket along with a few days worth of medication and food. They traveled long distances to cities in California where they arrived as strangers. Their journeys have sparked outrage and lawsuits. Now there are calls to find out if it ...
4 Oct 2013 - Jake Thomas
The Mental Health Association of Portland is asking Oregon's Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to inquire into a Nevada state psychiatric hospital that has been accused of dumping patient's in surrounding states. Below is the letter written to th ...
16 Sep 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Mental health and criminal justice: Penny wise and definitely foolish By Chris O’Connor, Contrbuting Writer As an attorney working solely in indigent defense, I often see the terrible collision of mental health and the criminal justice system. Some of tho ...
20 Oct 2011 - Street Roots
A famous dad (Kurt Vonnegut) and an infamous mental illness by Julia Cechvala, Contributing Writer A few years before he died I had the pleasure of seeing Kurt Vonnegut speak to a sold-out crowd at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. I remember him say ...
29 Jul 2011 - Street Roots
Will concerns about public safety help reform the Psychiatric Security Review Board? By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer As minimum security patients at the Oregon State Hospital, Matthew Kirby, 22, and a 40-year old man identified as “Emmanuel Goldstein” f ...
16 Jun 2011 - Street Roots
Breakdown: Proposed budget cuts could drastically alter local services By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Homeless and low-income advocates, service providers, and policymakers were put on notice when the Republican-controlled — and Tea Party infused — Hou ...
28 Mar 2011 - Street Roots
Protesters say Gov's cuts sending us 'back to the 1970s' About 200 people rallied at noon today to protest Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s budget cuts to human services, saying the cuts will have a devastating effect on the state’s most vulnerable po ...
15 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
Navigating the inequities of mental health system By Jenny Westberg, Contributing Columnist Keaton Otis died on May 12. We know police shot at him 32 times. We know the other victim, Officer Christopher Burley, and we know he’ll survive. We know so much a ...
15 Jul 2010 - Street Roots