Portland Mental Health

Portland, Oregon Mental Health

Residents in Portland have a wealth of treatment options and education at their fingertips when searching for information concerning Portland mental health services. The county maintains a comprehensive mental health division for citizens. The Mental Health and Addiction Services are available through their hotline 24 hours, seven days at week. The hotline is staffed with mental health care professionals that can help those affected reach needed resources. The hotline can be reached at any time by calling 503-988-4888 or 1-800-716-9768.

In addition, the Mental Health and Addiction Services makes a variety of resources available for adults, adolescents, and children affected by mental health issues, including emotional disorders and substance abuse and gambling addiction. The addiction division is equipped to treat up to 5,100 individuals with both drug and alcohol related problems in a year at several locations throughout the city. This group also provides crisis intervention and treatment services, assessments, and referrals.

Those seeking information on Portland mental health issues can not only rely on the county division for help, but also on many city non-profit and private facilities, groups and organizations.

Oregon Health & Science University: Behavioral Health Services: The OHSU hospital staffs hundreds of professionals to treat a wide range of mental health related issues. The hospital is equipped to serve families of those affected through education and counseling. They offer inpatient and outpatient treatment for children, teens and adults. The facility treats sleep disorders, behavioral issues, eating disorders, substance abuse, obsessive/compulsive disorders, and adult ADD and ADHD. This hospital can be reached by phone at 503-494-4745.

Lifeworks Northwest: This Portland mental health facility offers both intensive and non-intensive outpatient programs, stabilization groups and intensive groups for women
Lifeworks Northwest can be reached by calling 888-645-1666 or 503 645-3581

Oregon State Hospital: The Oregon State Hospital is a Portland mental health facility offering comprehensive care, education and treatment on all levels of mental health. They offer Forensic Psychiatric Services, which consists of residential treatment units. They also offer Psychiatric Recovery Services offering support and treatment in both Salem and Portland. Both locations serve severe and serious mentally ill patient. This hospital also offers families with children needing help treatment and services. Oregon State Hospital can be reached by phone at 503-945-5763 or on the Internet at omhas.web@state.or.us.

DMDA-Portland/Tri Counties: This organization serves to educate patients, and families concerning Portland mental health resources and treatment options. This group also offers support for families affected by mental illnesses and provides advocacy and group meetings for those with depressive and manic-depressive disorders. This organization can be reached by calling 503-643-4384.

Ethicspoint: This Portland nonprofit organization serves as a 24 hour, seven day a week hotline for parents, teachers and students to report abuse, potentially violent situations and to report bullying. All calls and Internet reports are anonymous. Ethicpoints can be reached by phone at 1-800-858-3668 or online at www.ethicpoints.com.

Oregon Advocacy Center: The Oregon Advocacy Center is the State Protection and Advocacy Agency in Oregon. Portland mental health patients and families can report concerns, problems and abuse of private or public facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes, boarding homes, homeless shelters and jails or prisons to this agency. The center can be reached by calling 503-243-2081 or online at www.oradvocacy.org.