Mental Health Download: Exploring Mental Illness, Suicide, Homelessness and Incarceration

On today's episode, our friend Jane Mudgett interviews Jackie Ramage  about the role a company's HR department plays in helping staff members deal with the anxiety and depression related to the pandemic and the state of the world. We also check-in with the Association's very own HR  hero, Lindsay Whitworth, about her thoughts on EAPs. 

Hi, my name is Jocelin Baeza and I work for Mental Health Association Oklahoma.

Hola mi nombre es Jocelin Baeza y trabajo para la Asociación de Salud Mental de Oklahoma

We created a Mental Health Download podcast episode about mental health in the Hispanic community, and it is completely in Spanish. So I hope you enjoy!

Creamos un episodio de podcast de  descarga de salud mental sobre la salud mental en la comunidad Hispana, y  está completamente Español. ¡Así que espero y lo disfruten!

I don't think it's an unrealistic expectation to say that we want to end veteran homelessness in Oklahoma City or Oklahoma period. I think it's very attainable.  — David Dirkschneider, a Marine & Mental Health Advocate

On today’s episode, we’re celebrating Veterans Day with an interview with our friend and longtime supporter, David Dirkschneider of OKC. David is a Marine and will serve as Board President for Mental Health Association Oklahoma in 2021.

We asked Greg Shinn, the Association’s Associate Director and Chief Housing Officer, to interview David because they are longtime friends. Greg’s also an expert in veteran homelessness.

On today's episode, we talk with Caitlyn Wright and Jane Mudgett, of janemudgett.com, about why you should donate to the United Way wherever you may #LiveUnited.

"They feel alone. They feel secluded. They feel like they have no one else. And they feel like failures if they aren't succeeding within school. And it breaks my heart that it gets to the point that some person would rather end their life than to live their life to get through the season."— Lea Speight

In this episode, we explore mental health and suicide prevention during COVID-19 with two university students, Lea Speight and Vivian Allen. Rebecca Hubbard, our director of Outreach, Prevention and Education, asks them insightful questions that reveal what it's like on campuses right now in these unprecedented times.

Hey there, Jacob Beaumont here. Welcome to this quick 10-minute guided meditation presented by the Mental Health Download Podcast. Whether you're or a novice or a seasoned meditator, just looking for a friendly voice for today's session, I've got you covered. Let's get to it.

This is a very critical and important time in our lives in the country. And so stress and worry and concern about tomorrow's election is a legitimate situation that is cause for some very controlled self-management because it is very anxiety-provoking. — Mark Davis on election week anxiety

On this episode, Mark Davis, the Association's chief programs officer, gives us some tips for dealing with election-week anxiety. Jacob Beaumont and Whitney Cipolla also join us to give a quick rundown of the two state questions -- SQ 805 and SQ 814 -- on the Oklahoma ballot.

"Of course, the project itself was not about blaming police or pointing a finger at anyone specifically. It's about highlighting the gaps in our systems here in Oklahoma. It's about what could be done better." — Whitney Bryen, Oklahoma Watch

On today’s episode our guest is Whitney Bryen. She is an investigative reporter and visual storyteller at Oklahoma Watch with an emphasis on domestic violence, mental health and nursing homes affected by COVID-19.

The reason we asked Whitney to be on the show today is because Oklahoma Watch partnered with StateImpact Oklahoma for a brilliant in-depth mental health series.

LINKS TO STORIES

Whitney Bryen contact info: (405) 201-6057 or [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @SoonerReporter.

We have to take better care of each other. We have to take better care of our most vulnerable. This ordinance is a moral failing on that front. It is a legal failing in the most fundamental ways. And it is a financial failing. And I think the city is finding out right about now that ego can be really expensive.

— Megan Lambert, staff attorney, ACLU Oklahoma

On today’s episode, we are going to be exploring Oklahoma City’s infamous anti-panhandling/median safety ordinance that the City of Oklahoma City passed in 2015.

On October 27, 2020 or possibly on November 10, 2020, it is up to the City Council to decide if they want to drop it and accept that it is unconstitutional or continue fighting to defend the ordinance and take it to the Supreme Court.

WE NEED YOU TO TELL YOUR CITY COUNCILOR YOU OPPOSE THE ORDINANCE!

NEW EPISODE > Vote Yes on SQ805 & Help End Decades-Long Prison Sentences for Nonviolent Crimes > mhaok.org/podcast

Prison is a band-aid. It doesn't solve anything for nonviolent offenses, for our low-level property and drug offenses.

The more resources that we can devote to actually stop criminal behavior and stop the cycle of crime, the stronger we are going to be as a state and the better off our children are going to be. — Sarah Edwards, president of Yes on 805 campaign

On this episode, Sarah Edwards, president of the Yes on 805 campaign, explains State Question 805.

SQ 805 does not give anyone a free pass. People convicted of nonviolent crimes can still receive the maximum punishment allowed, and judges and juries will still take previous crimes into account when sentencing. But piling on years of prison time far beyond the maximum for a nonviolent crime is unfair and doesn’t make us safer.

The Association has endorsed the Yes on 805 campaign.

Learn more at www.yeson805.org