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The Department was established through the Mental Health Law of 1953, although publicly supported services to Oklahomans with mental illness date back to before statehood: the first facility in Oklahoma for the treatment of individuals with mental illness was established by the Cherokee Nation, called the Cherokee Home for the Insane, Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, it was built outside the city of ...
Terri L. White (born 1973) was the chief executive officer of the nonprofit Mental Health Association Oklahoma, from August 2020 to May 2024. She is an American social worker who resigned effective February 1, 2020 as Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, a position held since May 13, 2007.
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Community Mental Health Planning and Coordination Boards; Office of Consumer Advocacy; Forensics Review Board; Mental Health Advisory Committee on Deafness and Hearing Impairment; Office of Consumer Advocacy (MHSAS) Oklahoma Health Care Authority. Advisory Committee for Medical Care for Public Assistance Recipients
In 2020, Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt launched the Oklahoma City Law Enforcement Policy Task Force to analyze de-escalation policies and community oversight systems.
The hundreds of new behavioral health providers added to the workforce in the proposed funding package would also create $1.8 billion in taxpayer benefits for Oklahomans by providing evidence ...
In 2020, Holt and Oklahoma City Council members approved the creation of a Law Enforcement Policy Task Force and a Community Policing Working Group in response to residents' concerns about police ...
Josh D. Lee (born November 21, 1979, in Vinita, Oklahoma) is an American lawyer. As a shareholder at Lee|Coats, PLC, in Vinita, Oklahoma, he has a national practice. He focuses on DUI/DWI, alcohol-related and drug charges.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA; pronounced / ˈ s æ m s ə /) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.SAMHSA is charged with improving the quality and availability of treatment and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and the cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.