(KGW) From the Clatsop County jail, 32-year-old Kenny Benton waits for treatment of his mental illness. Benton is currently deemed too mentally ill to aid and assist with his criminal trial. Instead, he attends weekly fitness-to-proceed hearings where lawyers, doctors, ...
Author: Evan Watson (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — A group of Oregon leaders — from judges to doctors to mental health experts — are working to overhaul state standards for civil commitment and forced mental health care amid calls for ...
ROGUE VALLEY, Ore —A Rogue Valley woman is receiving her fourth award for a book on parenting mentally ill children. Andrea Berryman Childreth earned the Best Indie Books Award in the non-fiction disability parenting category. The book is titled ON THE EDGE: Help ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — A presentation about the mentally ill in jail is being hosted by the local affiliate of National Alliance on Mental Illness. Marion County jail commander Ted Larson and behavioral health specialist Ann Marie Banfield will be leading ...
EAGLE POINT, Ore. — Family and friends of Matthew Thayer Graves rallied together at the Eagle Point police department Monday night to bring awareness to mental health. Matthew Graves was shot and killed by an Eagle Point police officer last ...
Jackson County, Ore. — Jackson County could be out millions of dollars as local ‘coordinated care organizations’ look to restructure how they’ll treat the mentally ill. With that large amount of funding in question, the county faces some big questions ...
Medford, Ore., — This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week, and the people at Compass House in Medford are doing a month of activities to promote it. Today was the 3rd annual March 4 Hope at Pear Blossom Park in ...
Medford, Ore. — Medford-based Compass House is trying to remove the stigma around mental illness. The group held their annual “Stand Up and Speak Out” event at Alba Park Friday afternoon. The event is designed to change the misconceptions surrounding ...
Josephine County, Ore. — An initiative to help reduce the number of people with mental illnesses in jails is approved in Josephine County on Wednesday. The board of commissioners passed the Stepping Up Initiative at their weekly business meeting Wednesday ...