Opinion: Exodus of mental health workers needs state response

The past year and a half of COVID-19, wildfires, heat waves and other pressures have severely affected individual and community behavioral health, writes Julie Dodge, interim director of Multnomah County’s Behavioral Health division. But the counselors, crisis workers and other mental health employees we ask to respond to such needs are themselves struggling and need help from the state and the public.

Continue ReadingOpinion: Exodus of mental health workers needs state response