We are thrilled to highlight an impactful article co-authored by our very own OCCAP Executive Committee member, Karina Espana, MD. Titled “Reimagining Narrative Approaches Through…

PORTLAND, OREGON (January 25, 2022) – Albertina Kerr is pleased to announce the  promotion of Naomi Fishman, M.D., to Medical Director of its Children’s Mental…

 The Oregon Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (OCCAP) stands in sorrow and grief decrying the senseless killings of Mr. George Floyd, Mr. Ahmaud Arbery…

​​OPAL Program Announces COVID-19 Service The Oregon Psychiatric Access Line (OPAL) has introduced a new service: OPAL-C (COVID-19 Clinician Stress Peer Support). In addition to…

If you’ve been at an OCCAP conference or meeting in the past few years, you’ve likely heard about our relationship with YouthERA, an Oregon-based non…

Executive Committee Member, Dr. Mike Franz, will be serving on Governor Kate Brown’s Behavioral Health Advisory Council.  https://mailchi.mp/oregon/news-releasegovernor-brown-creates-behavioral-health-advisory-council-to-address-serious-mental-illness?e=b9204a8c3c​

Long-time OCCAP member, Distinguished Fellow (FAACAP) and Executive Committee member Dr. Ajit Jetmalani is interviewed here by KGW on the connection between mental illness and…

​Rumneet “Romy” Kullar, DOResidency: Louisana State UniversityMedical School: Western University of Health SciencesCollege: UC Davis ​Zachary Muscato, DOResidency: Oregon Health & Science UniversityMedical School: Western…

Oregon Executive Committee members & AACAP staff shown with the 2018 Catchers in the Rye Award at the AACAP Assembly in Seattle, WA. The Oregon…

A very warm congratulations to long-time OCCAP Executive Committee Member Dr. Kirk Wolfe, who won the OMA’s 2018 Doctor-Citizen Award.  Each year since 1957, the…