Mind Matters



January 22, 2025

Volume 1, Issue 1

Museum Updates

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Mind Matters, the official newsletter of the Oregon State Hospital Museum of Mental Health! We're thrilled to introduce this new way of keeping you informed and connected with all the happenings at the museum. Mind Matters will feature four dedicated sections: Museum Updates: Key announcements, event information, and behind-the-scenes news.

Volunteer of the Month

Andy Garcia is our Volunteer of the Month for January.

Mental Fitness Book Club

Our next meeting is Wednesday, February 19th at 5:30pm at the Salem Book Bin. Our February book is The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk.

Notes From the Board | Howard Baumann

The most famous prefrontal lobotomy that ever occurred, occurred in Oregon, but never really occurred. This particular lobotomy, of course, was the fictional lobotomy created by Oregon author Ken Kesey in his classic novel: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.