Portland State Magazine Spring 2010

Inside the Oregon State Hospital Grave problems at the Oregon Scare Hospira! have led to negative headlines and serious allegations for rhe past five years. Whar is it really like inside rhe scare-run insrirurion, which treats people deemed criminally insane as well as chose who are civilly committed? Psychology professor Jan Haaken's new documentary, Guilty Except for Insanity, cells a disturbing tale of political neglect and public paranoia concerning rhe mentally ill, but also one of inspiring efforts co humanize the mental health system. The documentary follows five people who enlisted the insanity defense after being charged with serious crimes; however, Haaken and her students inter– viewed more than 90 patients and staff over rhe two years of production. Getting access to the hospital's patients and staffwas not easy. Haaken attended public hearings of the Psychiatric Security Review Board, where she says she had "about 40 sec– onds to approach patients" as they came before the board with a lawyer. About half were interested. At first, Haaken was limited to visit- Psychology professor Jan Haaken directs a new documentary, Guilty Except for Insanity. ing hours, before slowly gaining access to the locked wards. raff and patients at the hospital saw work samples and gave feedback at various junctures in the process of making the documentary. A benefit screening of Guilty Exceptfor Insanity is planned at the Northwest Film Center and Portland Art Museum's Whitsell Audi– torium June 27 at 7 p.m. Cost is $8. Proceeds will support future documentary projects at PSU on community mental health issues. ■ INSTRUCTOR AND LOCAL ARCHITECT Aaron Whelton created the winning design for a new Portland Fallen Firefighters Memorial. He entered a contest held among PSU's adjunct architecture faculty to create the memorial, which will be built at the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge. The lanterns in Whelton's design symbolize the 36 firefighters who have perished in the line of duty. FANFARE New Works SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS IN LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER CLIENTS ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT By Sandra C. Anderson (social work emeritus faculty), Columbia University Press, 2009 THE UNSPEAKABLE AND OTHERS By Dan Clore '95 and artwork by Allen Koswwski, reissued by Henrik Sandbek Harksen Productions, 20 l 0 SUDOKU-ZILLA- 100X100 SUDOKU PUZZLE By William Ike Eisenhauer '94, MEng '03 (system engineering instructor), CreateSpace, 2010 THEN CAME THE EVENING By Brian Hart '05, Bloomsbury, 2009 THERMIA: DAWN OF ARMAGEDDON By Lawrence P. Growney '87, MS '95, Vantage Press, 2009 THE IMAGINED FIELD CROSSING THE GATES OF ALASKA By Sean Patrick Hill MA '06, Paper Kire Press, 2010 CROSSING THE GATES OF ALASKA: ONE MAN, TWO DOGS, 600 MILES OFF THE MAP By Dave Metz '00, Citadel Press, 20 l 0 HISTORIC PHOTOS OF OREGON By William C. Stack MPA '85, Turner Publishing, 20 l 0 SPRING 2010 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 7