Nevada just passed a law allowing bachelor’s degree-trained behavioral health specialists to practice in schools and other settings. The new legislation is part of a grassroots movement that started in Oregon.

The UO undergraduates are training to become a new kind of behavioral health worker, who, with a four-year degree, can interact with youth in schools, clinics and community organizations to help address the issues that are simmering in young people’s lives before they reach a rolling boil.

University of Oregon researchers shared insights into youth mental and behavioral health issues during a recent forum for journalists, who also heard how a new service delivery model developed at the UO will support the state’s children.

Join us on Dec. 9 at the UO Portland campus for an inspiring look into Oregon Rising, UO’s new strategic plan to transform youth mental health.

Members of Oregon’s congressional delegation are pledging to build — and sustain — a school mental health workforce.

Salinas is co-sponsoring s bill to create a scholarship program for students pursuing an undergraduate or graduate-level degree to work in a behavioral health field. It would pay for tuition, and other expenses, like textbooks, which can add up.

A groundbreaking group of University of Oregon undergraduates are set to begin a brand-new training program on a brand-new campus with the goal of practicing a brand-new profession.

How sleep interventions can improve child sleep problems, with the ultimate goal of improving children's overall health and well-being, is the subject of UO psychologist Ariel Williamson's research.

The fundraising effort will also go toward the construction of a new building in Portland that will house the Ballmer Institute and Prevention Science Institute.

The gap between the number of teenagers who report conditions like anxiety, depression, and hopelessness and the number of those who receive treatment is increasing. 

A $425 million gift is allowing the University of Oregon to prototype a new way of training people to help struggling kids.

The UO’s Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health and Department of Athletics will join forces to develop programs that equip children with skills to promote well-being and address the mental health needs of student-athletes from a young age.

Oregon’s mental health clinics can’t find anyone to fill a quarter of their jobs. Six Oregon counties didn’t have a single psychologist last year.