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Healthy Minds finds gaps in Oklahoma City mental‑health system; plan due this spring
Summary
A city‑commissioned assessment presented by Healthy Minds Policy Initiative found mismatches between need and services in Oklahoma City — low treatment rates for serious mental illness, sparse community‑based intensive services, and high ER use — and said a formal plan will be delivered this spring.
Oklahoma City received a data‑driven assessment on its mental‑health system on Tuesday, with the Healthy Minds Policy Initiative warning that residents with serious mental illness and substance‑use disorders are not getting care in the right places.
"We have a mismatch and a misalignment of services," Zach Stoikoff, president and CEO of Healthy Minds, told the council during a presentation introduced by Andrea Grayson of the city's Public Safety Partnership. Stoikoff said only about 31% of Oklahoma City residents with serious mental illness are receiving…
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