Disability Rights Oregon wants a judge to hold Oregon in contempt for again taking too long to admit mentally ill people in ...

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

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 bills advancing in ...

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 ...

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. (KOIN) — Oregon State Hospital has less than two months to prove it is now in compliance with federal standards and maintain its Medicare agreement. The state’s public health leaders ...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The state plans to spend nearly $2 million to hire "change consultants" at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem in the wake of a separate $175,000 consulting report that criticized ...

More than 4,500 of the homeless individuals identified in the 2024 Point-In-Time count experienced mental illness, officials ...

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

Oregon’s state health agency is appealing a ruling by federal Judge Adrienne Nelson that found the agency in contempt. Under that ruling, issued June 6 in US District Court, Oregon has started racking ...