Deaths related to substance use and mental health appear to be bigger threats ... However, another eastern state — Vermont — had the lowest decline with 6.5%. Cancer deaths in Texas dropped ...

Leader’s yearlong series on Lexington’s 250-year history spotlights Eastern State Hospital and its role in the city’s mental ...

State lawmakers moved one step closer to abandoning plans to construct a state-of-the-art inpatient mental health hospital in ...

They instead greenlighted spending millions in federal American Rescue Plan Act money to purchase land and renovate an ...

Commissioner Allie Friesen asked lawmakers for $23 million to pay the mental health department's employees through the fiscal year.

Five hearings in, the Oklahoma department of mental health is still unable to identify the exact needs of its ever-shifting ...

Some state employees could be missing a paycheck soon. The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services flipped on its word, now saying it won't be able to keep paying employees ...

Some Oklahoma state lawmakers from both parties have concerns about state funding for mental health services in the Tulsa area. The state sent letters to three providers, saying their funding ...

Allie Friesen, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services commissioner, answers questions Thursday at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City during a special committee to ...