How the CRT helped prevent a suicide (News on 6) Tulsa is losing precious lives to suicide and untreated mental illness. We have one of the nation’s highest rates of mental illness and rank 15th for suicide. State funding for mental healthcare has declined resulting in under-resourced early intervention and treatment options. The launch of…
Community Outreach Psychiatric Emergency Services (COPES) is a telephone crisis line and mobile crisis service that responds 24/7 to children and adults experiencing severe emotional or behavioral disturbances or psychiatric emergencies in Tulsa County. The people who answer the calls at COPES – the voices that assure, listen and help – are skilled, trained counselors.…
UPDATE: The Community Response Team is set to launch February 13 on a twice-a-week basis after being awarded a $106,000 grant from the Tulsa Area United Way, with a goal to become self-sustaining and expand its days of service. Tulsa has one of the highest rates of mental illness and suicide in the nation. Despite…
Every year, millions of men, women and children are trafficked and forced into slavery. It is estimated that human trafficking generates billions of dollars per year, this is second to drug trafficking. Most cases go unnoticed because victims rarely come forward due to language barriers, fear of traffickers and/or fear of law enforcement. Human trafficking…
Last April, on the day rapper Logic released his song “1-800-273-8255,” calls coming into the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL) increased to 4,573 calls, it’s second-highest call volume at the time. Logic’s song is named after the NSPL and the phone number was used with permission. According to John Draper, director of the National Suicide Prevention…
