We are thrilled to partner with Westminster School class of 2024 for Hoopin’ for Help! The 8th grade class is flexing their entrepreneurship skills while helping several non-profit organizations. They are selling MHAOK-branded mini basketballs as a way to raise funds and awareness for MHAOK. Click this link to purchase yours. All proceeds go to MHAOK. Thank you […]
Join us as we explore the many influences throughout our lifetime that can shape our mental health, impact our resilience, and support our recovery. The 2024 theme for our Zarrow Mental Health Symposium is “Mental Health Across a Lifetime.” Mental Health Association Oklahoma is seeking symposium presentation proposals from presenters around the globe interested in sharing information
Zarrow Mental Health Symposium opens its call for presentations Read More »
MHAOK is proud to have trained its entire staff in cultural humility, as we endeavor to create a more just and inclusive community in which all of its members can thrive. We are excited to partner with the Children’s Behavioral Health Coalition and Aetna to bring this training to you next week! Tulsa is waitlisted
Cultural Humility Training is set for March 5th & 6th Read More »
Skeeter’s story is about determination, resilience, and the power of second chances. Having faced the challenge of homelessness compounded by substance use, Skeeter’s journey had been a tumultuous one. Previous attempts at housing were unsuccessful, primarily due to the complexities of his substance use. However, Skeeter’s life turned positive when he joined our housing program
From homelessness to housing to a valued MHAOK employee Read More »
Recently, I spoke with Carolyn Burns, an instructor and field faculty liaison for the School of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma Online Campus. Carolyn is a licensed clinical social worker who has practiced therapy for more than eighteen years. Additionally, with more than twenty-three years of social work experience, her career has spanned
Sometime between this Monday and next, the temperature will become downright unbearable. It is already formidable. Most of the state is in the midst of a winter thunderstorm, after all. While many of us – myself included – leave our warm homes, travel to the office in our warm cars before returning to our warm
Donation items needed for impending arctic blast Read More »
Happy New Year, friends! The first Mental Health Download episode of 2024 is live, and it’s a timely one. According to the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the rate of unintentional drug overdose deaths increased 67% from 2019 to 2021, and methamphetamine was involved in nearly two-thirds of those tragic occurrences.
Juli Leber and Emily McPherson on the Mental Health Download Read More »
As we leave 2023 behind, we’re celebrating the hard-earned victories, the lives changed, the partnerships made, the relationships strengthened and the lessons learned. We hugged, laughed, cried and literally leapt for joy all year long, because the people we serve are everything. Just a snapshot of our success include assisting more than 5,000 vulnerable Oklahomans
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,
Board member, Rebecca Marshall, shares her story Read More »
