Focusing on the healing connection between mind, body and spirit, R. Murali Krishna, M.D., presents The Art of Happy Living™ series as stepping stones in the journey toward leading happier, healthier lives.
Focusing on the healing connection between mind, body and spirit, R. Murali Krishna, M.D., presents The Art of Happy Living™ series as stepping stones in the journey toward leading happier, healthier lives.
Focusing on the healing connection between mind, body and spirit, R. Murali Krishna, M.D., presents The Art of Happy Living™ series as stepping stones in the journey toward leading happier, healthier lives.
Dr. Krishna, retired, is co-founder and former president of the INTEGRIS James L. Hall, Jr. Center for Mind, Body and Spirit and past president of INTEGRIS Mental Health. Additionally, he serves on many professional and civic boards and committees. Most notably, he is a senior member of the Oklahoma State Board of Heath, a board member at Arcadia Trails INTEGRIS Health Center for Addiction Recovery and is the founding president/president emeritus of the Health Alliance for the Uninsured. He is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry.
Dr. Krishna is committed to improving the health of the people in our community. He believes that each one of us has a responsibility to care for those in need and is grateful for the opportunity to create lasting positive changes in people’s lives.
He is an expert on emotional wellness and the mind, body and spirit connection and how each one influences the other. His tireless efforts to help those in need have earned him numerous national and international awards and recognitions. Additionally, awards have been created in his honor.
Dr. Krishna and his family established the “Dr. R. Murali Krishna Family Eliminate the Stigma” Award to annually honor persons or organizations that have shown an outstanding contribution to the community through their efforts to eliminate the stigma of mental illness.
The first R. Murali Krishna, M.D., Award was given in 2011 to a fourth-year medical student at the OU College of Medicine. The Health Alliance for the Uninsured and OU School of Medicine initiated the annual award as a way of recognizing Dr. Krishna for his years of dedication and service to HAU and its mission.
Dr. Krishna is an inspiring and engaging speaker on mental health and mind, body, spirit medicine topics and is often interviewed by television and print news organizations for his expert opinion on mental and emotional health issues. He has been featured on network television news programs and publishes a column, Mind Matters™.
With the assistance of his friend, Kelly Dyer Fry, editor for The Oklahoman, Dr. Krishna has written a book, VIBRANT: To Heal and Be Whole from India to Oklahoma City.
Through the INTEGRIS Health Foundation, proceeds from the book go to fund the Dr. R. Murali Krishna Eliminate the Stigma of Mental Illness Award previously described.
The book was one of only five books recently recognized and reviewed by World Literature Today for “taking on stigma and pressing for resilience.”
