-
A consent decree drafted to improve mental health services in Oklahoma county jails has cleared its first legislative hurdle.
-
A new OU Health Sciences initiative fueled by a federal grant is sending PA students on three-month rotations in rural primary care clinics that integrate mental health services.
-
In Edmond, opioid relief funds are being used to expand behavioral health and substance abuse services for the city's youth.
-
This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features stories on mental health among Black youth, how a community education program is working to close education gaps and the legacy of Bass Reeves, one of the first deputy U.S. Marshals west of the Mississippi River.
-
Oklahoma lawmakers will consider several bills during the 2025 legislative session that could change state mental health and addiction policies.
-
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it has reasonable cause to believe that the state of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma City Police Department discriminate against people with behavioral health disabilities.
-
Oklahoma officials still aren’t certain what they plan to do with 240 acres of land in the middle of Norman that currently house one of the state’s in-patient mental hospitals.
-
Psychological first aid is the idea that interventions that can be done in the wake of a traumatic event to promote resilience and healing. Psychiatrist Robin Gurwitch helped develop the protocol.
-
Next semester, students at Oklahoma City Community College will be able to get an associate degree in Applied Science in Behavioral Health Sciences. It’s the first degree of its kind in Oklahoma.
-
Oklahoma’s Donahue Behavioral Health Center faces a $125 million funding shortfall due to underestimated costs, inflation and design changes. Delays may push its opening to 2028.