Mental health

Oregon Health Authority seeks to expand health care, mental health access to reduce disparities • Oregon Capital Chronicle

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  The Oregon Health Authority seeks to expand access to health care, expand the state’s behavioral health system and connect more families with preventive health care. The goals are fundamental to the agency’s goal of eliminating health care disparities by 2030. strategic plan that will guide the work. The plan spans the next three years … Read more

Not so long ago, Sierra Leone was incarcerating the mentally ill. The change is ongoing

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  FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) – Abdul Jalloh was the only psychiatrist in Sierra Leone when he took over the only psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of the capital. Now six years later, the young doctor is leading a revolution in mental health services in West Africa. He ended the practice of tying patients to … Read more