MENDED #1 | Inaugural Edition
Oklahoma is top 5 in the nation for a high prevalence of mental illness and low access to care. We're here to see that things get mended.
🚀 Advocacy, Launch
The Alliance of Mental Health Providers of Oklahoma has launched its website. We invite you to have a look around!
🏛️ Oklahoma Legislators Launch Mental Health Caucus to Address Ongoing Crisis
Read the news release on our website and see the legislators chairing the caucus.
🖤 “…Dear Beloved Son…A Radiant Light in this Broken World”
U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin recently lost his son Thomas Bloom to suicide. He and his wife have opened up publicly about their extraordinary loss in hopes of helping others. COV
🧠 COVID-19 and Child and Youth Mental Health
An October report from Healthy Minds Policy Initiative addresses COVID-19’s impact on the mental health of children and youth. Also, click here to review all the latest research from Healthy Minds including recent research on Oklahoma’s behavioral health workforce and methamphetamine addiction in Tulsa.
🏫 Pandemic Impacts Teachers’ Mental Health
USA Today in partnership with The 19th recently published a story about the impact of the pandemic on teachers’ mental health.
🚜 Pandemic Impacts Farmers’ Mental Health
A national polls indicates that COVID-19 has taken a heavy toll on farmer’s mental health.
🍗 Food Insecurity During Pandemic Increases Depression
The American Journal of Preventive Medicine recently published a study about how food insufficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic has increased depression and anxiety symptoms. Did you know Oklahoma is the fifth hungriest state in the nation.
👪 Pandemic Burnout
Last fall, Calm Waters, which helps families dealing with grief after death, divorce or other significant loss, created a virtual workshop to address family burnout during the pandemic.
🙅 Managed Care: “Bad Investment”
Check out Emma Morris’s article, Managed care is a bad investment for Oklahoma.
📌 12 Tips for Managing Pandemic Stress, Anxiety
📝 Waiver Will Ensure Mental Health Services in Oklahoma
Oklahoma is one of only seven states to receive an Institution for Mental Diseases waiver for serious mental illness and addiction from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Learn more.
👶🏾 2021 Children’s Mental Health Symposium
🗽 National Day of Service With Mental Health First Aid
It’s January 18, 2021. Learn more.
🦽 USGAO Report on Managed Care
The United States Government Accountability Office recently reported that (commercial or corporate) managed care organizations had significant problems with quality of care, impacting adults and kids w/ with disabilities and chronic conditions including mental health.
🔒 Privatizing Medicaid
More than two dozen Oklahoma lawmakers signed a letter asking Governor Kevin Stitt to back off his plans to privatize the administration of the state’s Medicaid program.
💊 Oklahoma AG Asks for Opioid Update
Attorney General Hunter Asks FDA for Progress Update on Opioid Fight