Kids
Courtney Silva
On Tuesday, the Mental Health Association of Central Oklahoma hosts a free, carnival-themed Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day Celebration at Stars & Stripes Park, 3701 S. Lake Hefner Drive.
Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: mental health
Kids' mental health on the agenda
Long a destination for family fun, Stars & Stripes Park hosts a children’s health event on Tuesday.
Kids
Courtney Silva
On Tuesday, the Mental Health Association of Central Oklahoma hosts a free, carnival-themed Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day Celebration at Stars & Stripes Park, 3701 S. Lake Hefner Drive.
A healthy start
Health care subject of Thursday’s fair and town hall meeting.
News
Gazette staff
Oklahoma City Ward 2 Councilman Ed Shadid (pictured) will host a free health fair and town hall meeting on health care on Thursday at the OKC Marriott, 3233 Northwest Expressway.
Stopping the stigma
A Sunday candlelight vigil in Edmond is part of a larger effort to raise awareness of mental illness in Oklahoma.
News
Tim Farley
Madinah Hazim-Adams was devastated when her mother died of a heart attack in 2010. She was so despondent that her world began to fall apart.
Improving mental health in Oklahoma
Commentary
Mary Ellen Jones
In her State of the State address, Gov. Mary Fallin is to be commended for the inclusion of mental health when talking about health and for proposing increased funding for mental health programs. Mental illness is a medical condition of the brain, an organ of the body, and should be treated like any other organrelated malady.
Losing bet
Oklahoma’s casino gaming has exploded, but funding of gambling addiction programs hasn’t kept pace.
News
C.G. Niebank
Although addicted gamblers in Oklahoma are estimated to number well more than 100,000, only $750,000 is allotted by the state to treat the problem. As the number of problem gamblers grows, those charged with administering treatment are tasked with doing more and more with only allocated portions of that yearly $750,000.
