Mental Health

Abstract Ralph S. Crashaw, M.D. (1921-2014) focused his career on a combination of medicine and humanism, working in the areas of medical ethics, addiction, mental health issues, and suicide prevention. He was a tireless campaigner for the medically underserved and is known as the “Godfather of the Oregon Health Plan.” This collection showcases Crawshaw’s philosophical evolution from his early romantic notions of medicine to his later disillusionment by what he saw as a heartless focus on technical...

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The Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology (DMICE) Records consist of comparative effectiveness reviews created and published by DMICE (OHSU Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology) during the years 2005-2008 on the usage of pharmaceuticals and other treatments for health conditions, diseases, and mental illness, including diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, hypertension, and depression.

Abstract The mental health advocacy group MindFreedom International is part of a collaborative network of organizations of international proportions. Beginning in the 1970s with local groups in scattered locations, it gradually coalesced into its current form. MindFreedom has alway stood for patient rights in the face of involuntary commitment and forced therapies, from restraints to psychosurgery. The collection provides a vast array of materials covering the growth of the "Psychiatric Survivors"...

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George Saslow, Ph.D, M.D., was Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oregon Medical School from 1957-1973. The collection consists of three document boxes of article reprints pertaining to Saslow's field of study, including articles authored or co-authored by Saslow as well as articles authored by others, spanning 1923-1980.