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Board member, Rebecca Marshall, shares her story

Rebecca Marshall, MHAOK Board Member, was featured in She Is Tulsa Magazine this month. In it, she tells a story that far too many can relate to: one of homelessness, of suicide, of disordered eating. She gives the readers an intimate view of what it’s like to trudge forward into survival while having your humanity, […]

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Street Outreach houses an ‘Angel’

Angel, a native Oklahoman, was a mere twelve years old when she slipped out of the only place she called home and into the unknown. For five years, each day was a struggle for hope, a struggle for survival, as she endured the unforgiving reality that her stepfather’s sexual abuse was shattering her. “I had

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NEAR Science: Beyond ACEs, a fascinating area of mental health

With very little exception, our entire staff attends a monthly training which serves to augment our understanding of the organization, the mission we strive to fulfill and the people we serve. Each session proves valuable, offering a layer of insight previously unknown, and each one is dotted with “aha” moments that are critical in adapting

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Lottie House Peer-Run Drop-In Center celebrates 10 years

OKLAHOMA CITY – Mental Health Association Oklahoma (MHAOK) is hosting an afternoon celebration from 1 to 4 p.m., Friday, October 13 at Lottie House Peer-Run Drop-In Center in honor of the drop-in center’s tenth anniversary. The Lottie House is Oklahoma City’s only peer-run drop-in center, which is located in Northeast Oklahoma City. It offers nonclinical

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Zarrow Now: Dr. Kara Bagot discusses trends in adolescent addiction and the impact of digital and mobile technologies

Dr. Kara Bagot closed out our 2023 Zarrow Mental Health Symposium keynote sessions with a fascinating, if not jarring, presentation on trends in adolescent addiction. Keeping with the modern world in which we live, she spoke not just of substance use, but also of technology addiction, as well as the impact of covid on trends

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Zarrow Now: Dr. Xiaosi Gu expounds on the use of AI in mental health

Our second keynote for the 2023 Zarrow Mental Health Symposium: New Horizons in Brain Science was Dr. Xiaosi Gu. Dr. Gu’s presentation, entitled Computational Psychiatry: Can AI Solve the Mental Health Crisis? blended decades of extensive research with the emerging and intricate technology of Artificial Intelligence. Unexpected at the start was her declarative that this

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Zarrow Now: Dr. Xavier Amador’s relationship with his brother was the foundation for LEAP

MHAOK is honored to have Dr. Xavier Amador as our first keynote speaker of the 2023 Zarrow Mental Health Symposium: New Horizons in Brain Science. His presentation aptly shares a name with his best-selling book, “I AM NOT SICK! I don’t need help!” It was compelling, educative and filled with ‘aha moments.’ Like most good

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Susan Magsamen discusses ‘your brain on art’

With the 2023 Zarrow Mental Health Symposium less than ten days away, we are thrilled to release another keynote speaker conversation on the Mental Health Download, our podcast dedicated to exploring homelessness, mental illness, suicide, incarceration and innovative tools for addressing these challenges. Today, we featured Susan Magsamen, founder and executive director of the International

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Dr. Xavier Amador sheds insight on the effects of anosognosia

We’re less than one month from the 2023 Zarrow Mental Health Symposium, and we are so excited to be talking to many of this year’s presenters on the Mental Health Download, our podcast dedicated to exploring homelessness, mental illness, suicide, incarceration and innovative tools for addressing these challenges. Today, Mental Health Association Oklahoma’s Chief Programs

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Honoring former Executive Director, David Bernstein

This week, we are honoring the memory of David Bernstein, mental health advocate and former director of our organization.  Mr. Bernstein served as the executive director from 1969 to 1973, long before Tulsa Mental Health Association expanded statewide and began operating as Mental Health Association Oklahoma. A man dedicated to the health and well-being of

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