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Upheaval in mental health court could signal broader county reform
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32335
Subject(s) - mental health , misconduct , agency (philosophy) , government (linguistics) , county government , service (business) , public administration , speculation , political science , psychology , criminology , law , psychiatry , business , sociology , finance , social science , linguistics , philosophy , marketing
The departure of the Multnomah County, Oregon, mental health court's entire staff of court monitors after an investigation into worker misconduct stands as the latest development in a broader examination of operations in the county's Mental Health and Addiction Services Division. Given a long history of upheaval within the county government's behavioral health agency, it remains open to speculation as to whether this most recent event will help generate lasting reform of the county's mental health service system.