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Archive Home > 2007 > January > 17 > Mental health crisis in Deschutes County

Mental health crisis in Deschutes County

As the population increases, funding to treat the mentally ill falls behind

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
January 17, 2007

While Deschutes County's population has exploded over the last few years, state funding to treat the mentally ill hasn't caught up. Now county mental heath officials and other care providers say they will have to make serious cuts in services unless the state Legislature does something soon to....

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