Let’s start with the Oregon State Hospital. It houses patients that can need the most help. Many of them have been c ...

In early June, a federal judge found the state in contempt of a court order that requires people with severe mental illness in custody to be quickly admitted to the Oregon State Hospital. Oregon has ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge says Oregon created a crisis by underinvesting in mental health. Now, the state is forced to make changes or pay millions of dollars in court-ordered fines, and two ...

Gov. Tina Kotek announced a $65 million investment to add 146 new behavioral health treatment beds across Oregon. This effort aims to boost the state's capacity to care for adults ...

Well over a year and a half into an effort to revamp the state’s “backbone” system for funding and delivering behavioral health care, counties are still balking at the Oregon Health Authority’s pitch.

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Health Authority is appealing an order that held the state in contempt for taking too long to admit people in jail to the state psychiatric hospital. The order, delivered by a ...

It seems fitting that this history of mental health ends with Oregon’s attempt to grapple with the needs of children and ...

The state of Oregon must pay all fines owed while it appeals a finding that it acted in contempt of a court order requiring timely admissions of criminal defendants to the state psychiatric hospital, ...