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I am a nurse pratitioner in family practice. I have patients suffering from severe psychiatric disease, some have been actively suicidal or psychotic, and I have been unable to get them into needed mental health care. This is due to a critical lack of funding that affects mental health care services from the county level, to emergent care, to inpatient services and even the lack of private providers. It is a problem for my patients with public as well as private insurance, and those without insurance.

I want to know what you will do as governor to improve access to mental health services in Oregon.

posted 2 years ago
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