Busy day for reviewing the latest report from SAMHSA, from the US Department of HHS, Kathleen Sebelius Secretary

A busy Friday is scheduled for today, all related to mental health.

I will be meeting with a reporter from the Oklahoman, the largest newspaper in the state and one of the highest circulated newspapers in the United States.

We will be discussing the latest SAMHSA report released, primarily why the state of Oklahoma has the 2nd largest population of people with a mental illness.

Then on to a meeting with the COA, Coalition of Advocates, a mental health advocacy group in the state of Oklahoma. I’ve been asked to take the chair for NAMI Oklahoma – Edmond North-OKC.

(I’ll have to tell all parties that I have written a book on mental illness too.)