This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide ...

OREGON- Oregon’s Secretary of State’s Office is calling on the Oregon Health Authority to take urgent action in the state’s response to what they’re calling a behavioral health crisis. In an audit of ...

A bill intended to improve medical care and behavioral health access for children in the custody of the state is scheduled ...

The audit focused on the 988 & Behavioral Health Crisis System unit of the Oregon Health Authority's Behavioral Health Division. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline launched nationwide in 2022. A ...

The audit also outlined confusion around who gets stuck with the bill after a mental health emergency. Crisis services in ...

The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office released an audit on Thursday, warning the state needs to urgently address the behavioral health crisis as Oregon is among states with poor mental health ...

Evidence was seized, and a ringleader was arrested in Oregon as part of a multi-state federal fentanyl bust, the largest in the history of the DEA, according to U.S. Department of Justice.

A 14-year-old died by suicide Saturday at a Weaverville residential treatment program for girls owned by the same company ...

A 23-year-old man accused of setting an Oregon home on fire May 1 will be evaluated by a court-appointed psychologist to determine if he is fit to stand trial. Matthew L. Thoreson was charged Friday, ...

Now that Colorado's first “natural medicine business” is licensed, the public must not be misled about the safety of ...

Under the agreement, the state will fund pilot programs that dispatch unarmed first responders to mental health emergencies and will convene ... to court-ordered treatment several years ago, and ...