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Student Mental Health Bill, SB 626, Signed Into Law
Measure Requires Mental Health Facilities Share Info With ParentsSchools will be better able to address the mental health needs of their students beginning this coming academic year following the signing of Senate Bill 626.Student mental health bill signed into...
Oklahoma Governor Proclaims May Mental Health Month
Executive Department Proclamation for Mental Health MonthThe WhereasesWhereas, mental health is part of overall health and sustains and individual's thought processes, relationships, productivity and ability to adapt to change; and Whereas, one in five Americans is...
Calling All Mental Health Advocates: Register for Hill Day
What Is Hill Day?Hill Day at Home is your opportunity to urge lawmakers to support mental health and substance use treatment initiatives – from your computer, without ever leaving the comfort of your home or office.The Virtual Policy Institute Returns for 2022 In...
Deadly Fake Pills: Today Is National Fentanyl Awareness Day
May 10 is National Fentanyl Awareness Day Overdose deaths have skyrocketed in recent years, largely due to the influx of fentanyl – a synthetic opioid – being mixed into illicit and counterfeit drugs. In response, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has declared...
988 Mental Health Hotline Coming in July
988 will be Oklahoma's new Mental Health LifelineThe Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) will launch a new 988 Mental Health Lifeline in July. It has selected Solari Crisis & Human Services to operate the statewide call...
Coleman’s suicide prevention legislation signed into law
Oklahoma Students Will Have Access to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline At Their FingertipsStarting with the 2023 school year, Oklahoma students will have access to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline literally at their fingertips thanks to legislation...
Senate Resolution: ACEs and PACEs Awareness Day in Oklahoma.
Concurrent Resolution designating April 7 ACEs and PACEs Awareness Day in OklahomaA Concurrent Resolution designating April 7, 2022, as ACEs and PACEs Awareness Day in Oklahoma, in conjunction with Child Abuse Prevention Month, to highlight the impact of trauma and...
DOJ: Discrimination based on opioid treatment violates law
New Guidelines: Barring inmates from taking prescribed meds to block opioid addiction would run afoul... A deepening opioid epidemic is prompting the U.S. Department of Justice to warn about discrimination against those who are prescribed medication to treat their...
Infographic: Social Determinants of Health Influencing Factors
Infographic provided by Family & Children's Services, Tulsa, on behalf of the Alliance of Mental Health Providers of Oklahoma.
Mental Health Groups Endorse Bipartisan Prior Authorization Legislation
Members call for legislation to be included in mental health package46 mental health advocacy organizations have endorsed bipartisan reforms that would modernize and streamline the prior authorization process. Mental Health Groups Endorse Bipartisan Prior...
New CDC data illuminate youth mental health threats during the COVID-19 pandemic
CDC’s first nationally representative survey of high school students during the pandemic can inform effective programsNew CDC analyses, published today, shine additional light on the mental health of U.S. high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a...
Smith Hosts Veterans PTSD Awareness Campout
Veterans PTSD Awareness CampoutRep. David Smith, R-Arpelar, is sponsoring the First Annual Veterans PTSD Awareness Campout April 1-3 at Scipio Campground in Scipio, OK. The event is endorsed by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs (ODVA).Oklahoma's First Annual...
House Votes to Extend Employee Mental Health Assistance Program to Educators
House Votes to Extend Employee Mental Health Assistance Program to EducatorsRep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso, today secured passage of a bill that would make an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) available for school employees, mirroring what is currently available to all...
Bill to add National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to student IDs approved
Suicide: Second leading cause of death among Oklahoma youth, young adultsOn Tuesday, the Oklahoma Senate approved his Senate Bill 1307. It will provide the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline phone number on student identification cards.Child and Youth Suicide...
Lankford, Inhofe, Mullin Respond to VA Report about Proposed Changes at the Muskogee VA
Inhofe, Lankford and Mullins Advocate for Direct Access to Mental, Behavioral Health for VeteransIt’s appropriate for the VA to conduct reviews like this to ensure we continue to serve veterans in the best ways possible, but we are not convinced that the contents of...
How the President’s Administration Will Solve the U.S. Addiction and Overdose Epidemic
FACT SHEET: Addressing Addiction and the Overdose EpidemicSource: The White House Drug overdose deaths have reached a historic high, devastating families and communities. More than 104,000 Americans died due to a drug overdose in the 12-month period ending in...
Addressing Addiction and the Overdose Epidemic
Drug Overdose Deaths Have Reached Historic HighDrug overdose deaths have reached a historic high, devastating families and communities. More than 104,000 Americans died due to a drug overdose in the 12-month period ending in September 2021. We grieve these losses, and...
U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Holds Hearing on Substance Use, Suicide Risk and the American Health System
U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Holds Hearing on Substance Use, Suicide RiskThe U.S. House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on “Substance Use, Suicide Risk, and the American Health System” on March 2. Witnesses Jonathan M. Metzl, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of...
Oklahomans are in desperate need of mental health care.
Oklahoma ranks third in the nation for rates of mental illness and second in the nation for substance abuse disorders. Nearly 1 million adult Oklahomans need services; most are not receiving the care they need to fully recover from their illnesses.
High Rates of Mental Illness
Oklahoma has some of the highest rates for Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders. According to a report from Mental Health America, Oklahoma ranks fifth in the nation for rates of “Any Mental Illness”.
$113 Billion
High Rate of Poverty
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