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Andra Hollenbeck from NAMI-SO asks about youth mental health options in the Rogue Valley. Guests are Darin Dale from Jackson Care Connect, one of the Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) providers in the valley, and Sarah Hollingworth, from Kairos,
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NAMI-SO's Andra Hollenbeck brings in reps from two organizations in constant contact with people in danger of self-harm: Jackson Care Connect and Options for Southern Oregon. Chedric Monahan runs the Behavioral Health Program at JCC, and Sarah Small is the Development and Integrated Health Coordinator at Options.
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Monthly mental health interviews. January is about the value of support groups.
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Focusing on mental health self-care.
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Many Americans with mental illness report waiting weeks for care, even for serious depression or suicidality. Now California has a new law for insurers, limiting those wait times to two weeks or less.
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In an unusual move, the Multnomah County Circuit Court judge found the Oregon State Hospital in contempt of a previous contempt order for failing to transport two defendants from the Multnomah County Jail who were found guilty except for insanity. The two men have been waiting for admission for months and now fines have increased from $2,500 per day, per defendant as long as they wait in jail.
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A state advisory board has just issued a report saying the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms, psilocybin, shows promise in mental health therapy.
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Oregon Legislature recently approved a bill that will help fund mobile mental health crisis teams around the state.
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A budget revision released in May by Gov. Gavin Newsom could put more than $4 billion toward home visiting programs, school counselors, childhood trauma screenings and better Medi-Cal coverage for psychiatric care.
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A select group of doctors, social workers and fungi experts will now spend the next couple of years creating Oregon’s new psilocybin-assisted therapy program.
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A group in the Rogue Valley is working to expand mobile mental health crisis units in Jackson County and around the state. They’re advocating for legislation modeled on a successful program in Eugene called CAHOOTS.
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One of the larger health concerns in Jackson County (before the virus) was a mental health concern. As the county moves forward with plans to build a new…
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Police officers are trained to be police, not counselors. But they frequently encounter people in their jobs who are in mental health crisis, and the…
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A proposed bill in the Oregon legislature would boost funding for a new model of behavioral health clinics aimed at treating both the physical and mental…