Tulsa World Column: It’s OK to ask for help
Gail Lapidus, chief executive officer of Family & Children’s Services NOTE: This op-ed by CEO Gail Lapidus, which appeared in the Jan. 30 edition of The Tulsa World (view here),…
Why is adolescent suicide on the rise in Oklahoma?
Published in February 2019 TulsaPeople Magazine (http://www.tulsapeople.com/Tulsa-People/February-2019/Why-is-adolescent-suicide-on-the-rise-in-Oklahoma/) Oklahoma adolescent suicide rates are outpacing increases nationally. Local agencies and professionals lend their expertise to this tough issue that doesn’t discriminate. BY…
The CRT is saving lives
How the CRT helped prevent a suicide (News on 6) Tulsa is losing precious lives to suicide and untreated mental illness. We have one of the nation’s highest rates of…
Tree pollen got you down? There’s evidence about that.
Did you know that suicides tend to rise in the spring and summer? Strange as it may sound, one reason is warm weather. Deborah Serani writes in Scientific America that when…
Marilyn’s Story
Marilyn* was 53 years old when we first got to know her. Marilyn was single and unemployed, but her biggest concern was her 32-year-old son, Jason. Jason had a serious…