MENDED #14 | Mental Health Roundup
💯 Our founding board member and VP, Gail Lapidus is above the fold in the Tulsa World.
Learn more about Family and Children’s Services and their longtime CEO, Gail Lapidus, in a wonderful front page story in the Tulsa World. The organization celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sunday, October 10. Continue Reading
💯 Gorgeous Interactive Timeline Chronicles 100 Years of Work by Family & Children’s Services
🔥 In the Hot Seat: Mental Health Awareness For Oklahomans
News 9 political analyst Scott Mitchell was joined in The Hot Seat on October 9, by Carrie Slatton-Hodges, Commissioner, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
💰 Five years later, Oklahoma counties still waiting for mental health funding
“Oklahoma counties have yet to see the fruits of two state questions approved in 2016 that would reclassify some crimes and expand mental health treatment access.”
😔 Loneliness is a Major Public Health Crisis
Learn more about the neuroscience of social health from Dr. Rachel Wurzman on the latest episode of the Mental Health Download. Dr. Wurzman recently spoke at the Zarrow Mental Health Symposium.
🐩 OSU: Pets Play Vital Role in Mental Health
“Research has shown that pet owners had greater self-esteem, were more physically fit, tended to be less lonely, were more conscientious, tended to be less fearful and were more extroverted…” Continue Reading
TIME MAGAZINE: How Oklahoma-Based Reservation Dogs TV Show Is Opening Up a Crucial Conversation About Suicide in Indigenous Communities
Excerpt: “Suicide is something that’s plagued my own rez and crept far too close to my family. Countless cousins and community members have been lost to it, leaving our families in shambles.” Continue Reading
The Muscogee Nation’s New Yorker Moment
OK Policy: Reversing Native Erasure
“This moment in time is one of increased visibility for Native people. We’re seeing long-overdue progress in the renaming of racist mascots for sports teams, including high-profile major league clubs and local high schools. Oklahoma filmmaker Sterlin Harjo (Seminole and Muscogee) brought to air the acclaimed Reservation Dogs, the first television show centered on the Native experience and where every writer, director, and series regular is Indigenous.” Continue Reading
TULSA WORLD: COVID-19 compounds backups on mental health therapy wait lists around Tulsa
FRONTIER: For many Oklahomans in crisis, help now comes from an iPad
Oklahoma is spending millions to expand its mental health crisis response system.
The money will provide iPads for law enforcement across the state, build new mental health centers and expand mobile crisis services. Continue Reading