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  • Conference spotlights peer services, health reform
    Mary Ellen Copeland and Malcolm Aquinas

    October 10, 2012 – Portland
     
    The 2012 Alternatives conference brought more than 700 mental health consumers, survivors and advocates from around the country to Portland for four days of networking, skill-building and information sharing. The conference theme, "Honoring our history, building our future," looked back at more than 40 years of consumer advocacy and ahead at the future of mental health care under national health reform. In Oregon, that future will depend heavily on peer wellness services, according to Oregon Health Authority Director Bruce Goldberg, M.D., who welcomed attendees at a dinner Wednesday evening.

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  • OSH Replacement Project receives historic preservation award
    Kirkbride Building In 2008 construction site designated historic district by federal registry
    When the National Register of Historic Places designated the OSH Salem campus as a historic district in 2008, the OSH Replacement Project quickly turned its focus from construction to preservation.
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  • Reconnecting with culture helps OSH patients work toward recovery
    Smudge ceremony
    For many Native American patients at Oregon State Hospital, reconnecting with their culture can be a major step in their healing process and recovery.
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  • Mindfulness helps OSH patients recover from mental illness
    Mindfulness helps OSH patients recover from mental illness
    Patients at Oregon State Hospital are using some age-old philosophies and practices to stay grounded while working toward a healthier future.
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  • Group fairs help patients take ownership of their treatment
    Group fairs help patients
    As Oregon State Hospital continues to adopt a more individualized approach, patients are playing a more active role in their treatment planning and recovery.
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  • Patients learn life skills at OSH's Kirkbride Plaza
    Patients learn life skills at OSH's Kirkbride Plaza
    With the recent opening of the hospital's Kirkbride Plaza, patients will now have even more opportunities to hone the life skills needed to help make this transition easier.
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  • Evolution of OSH treatment mall leads to enhanced patient care
    Treatment mall
    Through their actions and willingness to fully participate in treatment, patients determine which path they follow through the hospital.
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  • DBT offers acceptance, provides continuity of care for OSH patients
    Patient disucsses DBT program with psychologist
    Staff from Oregon State Hospital-Portland (POSH) are using a relatively new approach to treatment known as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) in which acceptance is the catalyst for positive change
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