Oklahoma's thought leader for transforming mental health policy.

New proposed federal rules would strengthen enforcement of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, which would mean better access to care in Oklahoma and beyond.

8/23/2023

With rising rates of mental distress among children and youth, schools play an increasingly pivotal role in addressing students’ mental health needs. However, only 15% of the state's 509 school districts are billing Medicaid for school-based services, despite available funding.

6/29/2023

All four of Healthy Minds' priority bills were approved by the Legislature and signed by the governor. This transformative package of legislation will greatly increase access to care and address critical shortages of behavioral health professionals.

6/14/2023

Policymakers have realistic options for addressing the state's most pressing behavioral health workforce challenges. With roughly $30 million in targeted funding and policy initiatives, Oklahoma can significantly strengthen workforce pipelines to meet the state’s growing need for behavioral health professionals.

11/6/2023

Among Oklahoma’s non-prescribing behavioral health clinicians, psychologists have the greatest gap between supply and demand, meeting only 37% of the state’s estimated need. Without investments in the pipeline of future psychologists, Oklahoma will continue to struggle meeting residents' needs into the next decade.

10/18/2023

In this data snapshot, we highlight national prevalence rates of mental health conditions among U.S. college students as well as state rates of alcohol and substance use among college-age Oklahomans.

9/21/2023

Two of the bills were born out of Healthy Minds’ 2023 study examining barriers to accessing mental health and substance use treatment through commercial insurance networks.

11/16/2023

Audra Brulc was among 30 professionals selected for the inaugural Young Innovators in Behavioral Health Awards program.

10/19/2023

Taken together, the grants are the largest amount of competitive federal funding for children’s mental health ever directed to the Tulsa community.

10/12/2023