NAMI Tulsa March Education Meeting

NAMI Tulsa March Education Meeting

 “A Faith Based Approach to Alzheimer’s And  Hope for the Caregiver” Do you or someone you know have Alzheimer’s, or Dementia? Are you a caregiver or know a caregiver who is struggling with a love one? The March program will feature Jackie Lenzy, who is a Certified Dementia Practitioner and has served as the education coordinator for the Alzheimer’s Association. She develops simulations and trains Professionals and Family caregivers on what it’s like to have dementia and the stress it causes on the caregiver. She does work with families, professionals and works with Cancer Treatment Centers of America in one of their programs. Her program incorporates the mind, body and spirit tools to assist families traveling through life’s journey. Come to see what she has to offer!!

DATE: Thursday, March 12, 2015
TIME: 7 PM
LOCATION: Fellowship Congregational Church 2900 South Harvard, Tulsa, Oklahoma

NAMI Smarts for Advocacy Postponed

The NAMI Smarts for Advocacy Workshop and the Community Mental Health meeting scheduled for February 24, 2015 in Norman has been postponed due to severe weather conditions.  Please keep watch for the rescheduled date.

 

NAMI Smarts for Advocacy

NAMIWALKS OKLAHOMA 2015

NAMIWALKS OKLAHOMA 2015!!!!!!!!!!

 
For more information about this event, please contact:
Walk Manager Name - Michelle Gregory
Walk Manager Email - michelle@namioklahoma.org
Walk Manager Phone - 405-607-6091

Location: Myriad Gardens, Downtown Oklahoma City

Date: Sat Jun 20 2015
Distance: 5K
Check-in: 8:00 am
Start Time: 9:00 am

Please mail Matching Gifts and Offline Donations to:
NAMI Oklahoma
3037 NW 63RD, SUITE 104W
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73116

February 2015 Meeting

Have you ever wondered what  Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) is, how it works, or why it is used as a treatment option? Come Join us and find out!

 

NAMI Tulsa presents Dr. Pierce speaking on Shadow Mountain’s new ECT Clinic.

                                     

When: Thursday, February 12^th, 2015

Time 7:00 pm

Where: Fellowship Congregational Church

2900 S Harvard Ave, Tulsa

"Among psychiatrists, there is little controversy about ECT. The National Institute of Mental Health, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Medical Association, and the U.S. Surgeon General all endorse ECT as a valuable tool in the treatment of certain psychiatric disorders, including depression."--Irving M. Reti, M.B.B.S., director of the Electroconvulsive Therapy  and an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
  

 

"Depression is such a pervasive problem, and the medications available today do

not come anywhere close to ECT in terms of effectiveness. Doctors who perform

ECT essentially treat people who are medication resistant or who have suboptimal

responses to the medicines, and about 85% of these difficult-to-treat patients

improve with ECT. This is a remarkably high response rate in a severely depressed group of people" Irving M. Reti, M.B.B.S.

NAMI Fundraiser at El Chico

On March 23, I will be having a fundraiser to support NAMI. It is going to be located at El Chico at the intersection of 71st and Mingo. It will be from 5pm to close. I need 100 people to show up, and if that is so, 10% of the evening's sale will go to NAMI. So the staff will know that you are there for the fundraiser, there will either be a sign in sheet, or you will need to tell the host/hostess that you are there for the fundraiser. If you have any questions, call Bucky Rodkin at 918-978-1984.

January Education Meeting: Health Homes w/ Chris Flanagan

Oklahoma is a very recent participant in Health Homes. This poster has info.

Health Homes: The New World of Behavioral Healthcare

  Beginning this month, the State of Oklahoma has instituted the most significant change in behavioral healthcare in the last decade with the creation of Health Homes for behavioral health providers.  Health Homes allow providers to more readily focus on promoting the overall health of persons as well as their full potential for a life in the community rather than just keeping people from being sick.
  This service delivery model also creates important opportunities for NAMI, family members, and other community institutions and organizations to directly contribute to the wellbeing of persons and create healthy communities.  Still, this way of providing service is so completely new that it will demand the full and conscious participation of NAMI, family members, and the entire community for its success. 
  Come learn what the Health Homes mean specifically for Tulsa and how you can support behavioral healthcare providers as well as your loved ones.  There will also be a discussion of important service transformation paradigms such as Mind-Body Medicine, Person-Centered Philosophy, and the Public Health perspective of behavioral health.

Time & Date: January 8th, 7pm
Location: Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard Ave, Tulsa, OK
For more information on the "Health Homes" concept, Read about it on the HHS Medicaid website, here.

Chris Flanagan, Director
Organizational Development, CREOKS

PRESENTER:

 Chris Flanagan is the project manager for integrated care for CREOKS Behavioral Health.  Chris has been a national consultant to the states of Texas and Pennsylvania for service transformation and has designed programs that have received state and national recognition for service excellence as well as for outstanding outcomes. Mr. Flanagan is also the President & Founder of Chris Flanagan & Associates, LLC