Oregon Mental Health and Addictions Treatment Services

For the second year the Timbers Army included Cascadia on its short list of organizations that they support with tickets to the popular local Major League Soccer team’s preseason games. From Angela Markham at Cascadia’s Rain Garden in Wilsonville: ”The first game, our staff member Meghan (also a huge Timbers fan) took a great group of guys. [...]

Portland Police Chief Mike Reese Tuesday morning went on the offensive, defending his officers’ use of force as he presented a report to a downtown public safety group about the increasing number of suicidal calls to police in the city. “We’re trying to do good in a very broken system,” Reese said, speaking in the [...]

Cascadia was part of a multi-agency team to develop the new Multnomah Call Center integration with 911. It launches in January. Read the story

Written by Benedict Carey of the New York Times, Lives Restored, is a fascinating read. It’s a series of profiles about people who are functioning normally despite severe mental illness and have chosen to speak out about their struggles. We recommend taking some time to read the articles and watch the videos to better understand mental illness and [...]

Among others in the professional mental health community, Derald Walker was quoted in a story about the most recent success in the way Portland Police handled a case of a potential crisis with an individual with a mental illness. A grant from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law helped fund an initiative where police [...]

Those three words capture the heart and history of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare. Since 2002, we have helped countless people in our community solve problems of mental illness, addiction, problem gambling and homelessness.

People in our community with mental illness and addictions who are struggling to stay off the street have good reason for hope. We’re helping them get their lives in order.