Mental Health Commissioner Allie Friesen speaks at a meeting April 17 at the state Capitol with House lawmakers reviewing her agency's finances. (Photo by Emma Murphy/Oklahoma Voice) OKLAHOMA CITY — ...

The report found there were 218 people stranded in county jails waiting for mental health treatment, as of Jan. 13. In ...

Imagine a single mother in Durant, fighting opioid addiction, losing her weekly counseling sessions — her lifeline to sobriety and supporting her children — overnight. As of Oct. 1, this is the grim ...

Three weeks after cuts to Oklahoma providers were first reported, the Mental Health Department doesn’t have concrete numbers on how much needs to be cut to right size the agency’s budget. Maria ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Yet another ...

Legislative leaders are still uncertain how much money Oklahoma's mental health agency needs to keep its employees paid through June and cover its expenses for the next year. The Oklahoma State ...

The Oklahoma State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) is tens of millions of dollars in debt. The revelation comes as many mental health service providers said they're ...

State auditor Cindy Byrd released the first part of an investigation Tuesday into the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS), which says the department will need ...

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services says it needs $28.7 million to get through the end of June, according to a state audit report released Tuesday. OKLAHOMA CITY, ...