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Psychiatric Hospital Whistleblowers Sue After Patient Dies in Seclusion
Original Article: https://www.freedommag.org/news/psychiatric-hospital-whistleblowers-sue-after-patient-dies-in-seclusion-6d0995 A confidential report described a “culture of complacency” at Oregon’s only public psychiatric hospital. Federal investigators … Read Full Article
Human Rights Group Calls For Oregon State Hospital -Salem To Come Clean on Abuses and Negligence in Skye Baskin Death
State Hospital Salem OregonOregon Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) Calls for deeper dive into Oregon State Hospital's Involvement in death of Skye Baskin. Oregon’s mental health system may be responsible for a 27-year-old man’s death last … Read Full Article
New Law Will Protect Oregon’s Foster Children
Oregon governor Kate Brown signed into law House Bill 2333. It directs the Department of Human Services (DHS) to report information regarding the prescription of psychotropic medications to children in foster care. The bill, introduced at the request of … Read Full Article
How to Sell Fairy Tales as Science
What do Munchkin Land and the DSM-5 have in common? A lot, as you will see. The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is the American Psychiatric Association’s latest attempt to legitimize itself. At first glance it is most … Read Full Article