Tag: Mental Health Crisis
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EDITORIAL: Answering the call of Colorado’s mental health crisis
Yet again, there’s troubling news about mental health in our state — and it demands a response. As reported last week in The Gazette, Colorado has endured nearly the worst rate in the nation of mental illness among children and adults for two years in a row. That’s according to the newly released findings of…
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U.S. Surgeon General visits Children’s Hospital Colorado to talk about youth mental health crisis
For the hundreds of Denver youths who took to the street Friday in protest against gun violence in the wake of the shooting death of 16-year-old Luis Garcia, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy had this message: “My heart goes out to you,” Murthy said. “But also, I am so sorry that as a society…
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Colorado children’s mental health leaders plead for pandemic recovery funding
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Children’s mental health advocates want a fair share of Colorado’s federal pandemic recovery money that has yet to be allocated, they announced Tuesday during a virtual discussion spearheaded by Children’s Hospital Colorado. “There is a continued sense of being overwhelmed as a system, and it’s…
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Whistleblower: False diagnosis kept patient unconstitutionally confined at Colorado mental hospital
Colorado officials unnecessarily and illegally blocked the release of a patient at the state’s primary mental hospital who had recovered from a psychotic episode, and those officials then tried to fire staff at the hospital who fought his continued confinement, claims an insider at the hospital who has turned whistleblower. The accusations from Erica Palmer,…
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Man in custody for allegedly threatening to blow up apartment complex
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A man is in custody after threatening to blow up an apartment complex in Denver’s Lincoln Park neighborhood Saturday morning, police said. Authorities responded to the complex in the 1200 block of Galapago Street about 8:20 a.m. after the man threatened to blow up the complex using multiple propane tanks, said Ana Munoz, a spokeswoman…
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Veteran suicides in Colorado ‘significantly higher’ than national averages, according to new VA report
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Suicide among veterans set record highs last year statewide and in El Paso County, with more than one dying by suicide every week. Colorado’s suicide rate also is described as “significantly higher” than the national rate for veterans, according to the newly released 2020 National…
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Immediate access to mental health care among Colorado reforms Polis approves
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Instead of trying to figure out how to pay for mental health care before seeking treatment, Coloradans will be able to get immediate assistance under a plan Gov. Jared Polis approved Wednesday while a yet-to-be-created Behavioral…