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Governor's
Mental Health Task Force
Mental
Health and Addiction Services
500 Summer Street NE E86
Salem, OR 97301
Oregon
Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists
3218
Pringle Rd. SE
Suite 250
Salem 97302-6312
503-378-5499
lpc.lmft@state.or.us
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Readings
Therapists
keep working after licenses yanked
A
feature article by Gabrielle Glaser published in the Oregonian,
October 23, 2007.
Medical
Cost Offset
An
overview of research that reveals how medical utilization
decreases as a result of mental health intervention. Compiled
by the American Psychological Assoication.
Law
Opens MCO Panels To `Any Willing Provider'
Mental
health advocates hail the latest, and surprisingly unopposed,
expansion of "any willing provider" laws into
Vermont.
Any-Willing-Provider
Laws: Their Financial Effect on HMOs
An
economic impact analysis by Anne Carroll, Rider University
and Jan M. Ambrose, La Salle University. The authors maintain
that "the impact of both types of AWP laws is such
that the profit margins, or 'bottom lines' of HMOs are unaffected
by their presence."
Regulating
Mental Health Specialty Practice in Colorado: Current Issues
Affecting the Professions
A
brief history of regulation from the Colorado perspective
A
Matter of Fairness and Choice
A
white paper on the Oregon "vendorship" issue.
Benefit
and provider mandates in Oregon statute
Insurers
must by law reimburse these health care providers. From
the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Achieving
the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America
A
report from the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental
Health.
Subcommittee
on Rural Issues: Background Paper
Also
from the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.
State
Licensure Laws and The Mental Health Professions: Implications
for the Rural Mental Health Workforce
A
report from the Maine Rural Health Research Center.
Professional
and Advocacy Organizations
American
Counseling Association
5999 Stevenson Ave. Alexandria, VA 22304
800.347.6647 800.473.2329 (fax)
ACA Legislative
Action Center
Oregon
Counseling Association
21415 Miles Drive
West Linn, OR 97068
American
Mental Health Counselors Association
801 N. Fairfax Street, Suite 304
Alexandria, VA 22314
800-326-2642
703-548-4775 (fax)
Oregon
Mental Health Counselors Association
PO Box 641
Beaverton, Oregon 97075-0641
1-877-77- OMHCA
info@omhca.com
American
Association for Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
112 South Alfred Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (703) 838-9808
Fax: (703) 838-9805
Oregon
Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
P.O. Box 17392
Portland, OR 97217-0392
Oregon
Student Public Interest Research Group
1536 SE 11th Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97214
phone: (503) 231-1905
fax: (503) 231-4007
info@ospirgstudents.org
Oregon Universities with Counseling
or Marriage and Family Therapy Programs
George
Fox University
MA in Counseling Psychology
MA in Marriage and Family Therapy
(800) 631-0921
Northwest
Christian College
MA in Professional Counseling
MA in Marriage and Family Therapy
(541) 343-1641
Southern
Oregon University
MS in Applied Psychology, Mental Health Counseling
(541) 552-6206
Lewis
and Clark College
MA in Counseling Psychology
(Comm. Mental Health or Addiction tracks)
MS in Counseling Psychology
MA in Counseling Psychology
(Marriage and Family Therapy, 3 tracks)
(503) 768-6000
Oregon State University
MEd in Counseling Education
MS in Counseling
PhD in Counseling and Guidance
(541) 737-4317
Pacific
University
MA in Counseling Psychology
(503) 357-6151
University
of Oregon
MEd in Marriage and Family Therapy
(541) 346-0909
Portland State University
MA in Counseling Education
MS in Counseling Education (Marriage and Family track)
(503) 725-4621, ext. 6
Western
Oregon University
MA in Rehabilitation Counseling
(503) 838-8444
Western
Seminary
MA in Counseling
MS in Counseling
(800) 547-4546
