Krista Lewis, Family & Children’s Services Chief Program Officer of Adult Mental Health and Crisis Services, joins Susan Cadot, The Oklahoma News Report inDepth moderator, and Jeff Dismukes, communications director at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, in a discussion about what’s being done here to help those suffering from mental…
January 2019: Congratulations to all mental health court and drug court graduates! For many, this is a life transformation! Graduation is a tremendous accomplishment as participants had to overcome obstacles of daily responsibilities in addition to strict court and treatment requirements. Mental Health Court bridges two disciplines, criminal law and mental health treatment, in a judicially,…
Tulsa has one of the highest rates of mental illness and suicide in the nation. Despite the enormity of the problem, state funding for public mental health continues to decline, resulting in an under-resourced system for early intervention and treatment. Consequently, highly treatable issues spiral into crisis, overwhelming first responders with emergency calls. Part of…
Tulsa–This winter, help those in our community stay warm by donating blankets and new gloves or mittens through January 31st. We have teamed up with GenScripts Pharmacy, UniFirst and the Tulsa Oilers to collect items for Family & Children’s Services. HOW TO DONATE: Beginning December 15 through January 31, 2018, drop off blankets and new gloves or mittens at the December 15…
Reproduced courtesy of Oklahoma Watch. “Conversations” is a series of video interviews with Oklahomans about subjects that relate to some of the state’s important issues. The 2016-2017 series is sponsored by the Chickasaw Nation and is made possible by a grant from the Institute for Nonprofit News. Dr. Nicole Washington, a psychiatrist at Family &…
