In psychosis, Portland man boarded a plane for New York City [Video]

PORTLAND, Ore. — After his overnight release from a Portland hospital for not meeting Oregon standards for forced mental health care, Jeff Rott’s son flew to New York City while experiencing hallucinations.

“Our son got on a plane in psychosis,” Rott told KGW. “Was he a danger? Yeah, to everyone on that plane!”

In New York, Rott’s son received involuntary medication and mental health care — treatment that he was not able to receive in Oregon because of the state’s “imminent” danger threshold for grave disability and civil commitment.

His parents say he’s now doing better and managing his mental illness, something they couldn’t achieve in Oregon.

A change in disposition

Reflecting on more than three decades of marriage, Jeff Rott and Kathy Shaughnessy talk about their son, now 29, as a supremely kind and …