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

Oregon’s state government and its main association of counties have settled on a plan that would empower the Oregon Health ...

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 ...

Oregon’s huge investments in addiction treatment beds began to pay off in 2025, when hundreds of new beds came online. A ...

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 ...

Gov. Tina Kotek announced a $65 million investment to add 146 new behavioral health treatment beds across Oregon. This effort ...

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 ...

The new County Financial Assistance Agreements (CFFAs) update a framework that has been in place for about 30 years. The ...

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

Judge Nan Waller, who runs Multnomah County’s mental health court, found Purfield unable to stand trial or comprehend the case against him during a hearing Tuesday. He was charged last month with ...