Articles tagged with: mental health
From NewsOK:
Read the full story »The Oklahoma Public Employees Association is asking a judge to decide if efforts to privatize operations at the Griffin Memorial Hospital in Norman fall within the state law.
The employees association said this afternoon during a news conference that the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services failed to follow state law when it entered into a contract with Red Rock to manage and operate a unit of the hospital.
From The Daily Oklahoman:
Read the full story »Calls to HeartLine’s suicide prevention hot line are up significantly this year, and many callers report financial woes and economic uncertainty.
The number of calls to (800) 273-TALK increased 27 percent for the first half of 2009, from 1,899 calls to 2,413, said Tom Taylor, development and outreach director for HeartLine. The economic downturn is a factor, but more calls is not necessarily bad news.
“It’s actually a good thing that more people are reaching out,” he said.



