Mental health care

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to see tangible results from the $6.4 billion mental health bond voters approved last year. Moving fast carries a risk of neglecting under-resourced communities.

A Ninth Circuit court decision has ended legal protections for officers responding to some mental health emergencies. That’s changing which calls police will answer.

The new program helps people experiencing mental health and substance use disorder crises get help right where they are.

Mental Health Matters focuses on local service options in southern Oregon.

This year the Redding Police Department is losing one of its teams trained in responding to mental health emergencies.

Two states legalized psychedelic therapies since 2020 and President Biden signed a law supporting studies of how they might help veterans. Proposals like those keep dying in California.

Across the country, there’s a shortage of behavioral health care providers — and it’s particularly pronounced in small towns.

Advocates of psilocybin treatment say 2024 was the year when Oregon’s psychedelic program started to stand on its own.

Oregon’s largest Medicaid provider, CareOregon, is making a policy change that some therapists say could reduce mental health services to low-income people.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek's proposed two-year budget boost spending on three of her core issues — even if it crowds out some other priorities.

New report from a state work group offers dozens of suggestions to improve Oregon’s civil commitment process

State lawmakers are advancing two bills aimed at protecting children from the harms of social media, part of a nationwide wave of efforts to address the issue. Yet the bills’ proponents face hurdles in finding an approach that can survive legal challenges.