The event takes place during Mental Illness Awareness Week.
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Local nonprofits feel the effects of statewide budget cuts
Budget cuts affect nonprofits that provide mental health, historic preservation, arts, prison ministry and education services.
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Local NAMI chapter holds mental wellness classes at two metro locations
Working Toward Wellness workshops focus on confidence and self-esteem, personal treatment and recovery, benefits and health care.
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Commentary: Mellow’s life and work inspired recovery
I’ve lost too many friends to addiction and mental illness. Not a single one of them was a quitter; they fought for every day they had. They each also were happiest when they helped other people feel happy and whole. They were parents, stepparents, family members, lifelong friends, longtime colleagues, artists and mentors. Local artist […]
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Slippery definitions
1) Mentally unstable people shouldn’t own firearms. That’s great, but who deems someone “mentally unstable”? Are you mentally unstable if you regularly meet with a psychiatrist, a counselor, your minister or pastor, or a mentor? Maybe you are mentally unstable if you are a member of Narcotics Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous or any other kind […]
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Improving mental health in Oklahoma
A report on mental health care by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, gave the state a grade of B, citing innovations such as mental health and drug courts, collaboration with the state Departments of Corrections and Health and peer recovery support specialist certification. Oklahoma is making progress. Much more needs to be […]
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Tower trouble
How about climbing a Tulsa communications tower (and then refusing to come down for six days)? Yeah, that’s a little … extreme. But it’s just what one Tulsa man did recently, as reported by CNN (good to know the national news is picking up positive stories about the state). A 24-year-old gentleman, who reportedly has […]