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Mental Health Colorado

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Climate change is exacerbating Colorado’s mental health crisis. We need leaders who will tackle it head-on.

by Vincent Atchity 1:30 AM MDT on Jul 31, 202411:43 AM MDT on Jul 30, 2024 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
The sun sets behind the ridge of a hill. Trees are in the foreground.
Posted inColoradans

Three deaths in one week left Grand County reeling. Residents are helping each other grieve.

by Tracy Ross 2:24 AM MDT on Apr 22, 20246:05 PM MDT on Apr 23, 2024 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
A sign in front of a building reads "Colorado Mental Health Institute Fort Lupton"
Posted inCrime and Courts

400 people with mental illness are sitting in Colorado jails. Some state lawmakers want to divert them to treatment instead. 

by Jennifer Brown 4:00 AM MDT on Mar 27, 202410:24 AM MDT on Mar 27, 2024 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
A photo of a scrapbook filled with photos and papers
Posted inHigh Cost of Colorado

For Coloradans already struggling with their budgets, the cost of mental health care is increasingly out of reach

by Tatiana Flowers 4:02 AM MST on Feb 9, 20244:43 PM MST on Feb 11, 2024 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
A sign in front of a building reads "Colorado Mental Health Institute Fort Lupton"
Posted inHealth

Colorado has the nation’s third-longest waitlist for people charged with crimes and ordered into psychiatric treatment

by Jennifer Brown 4:00 AM MST on Jan 24, 20248:01 PM MST on Jan 23, 2024 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
Posted inHealth

After decades of closures, a new 40-bed psych unit in Aurora may represent a U-turn in mental health care

by Jennifer Brown 4:10 AM MDT on May 15, 202310:19 AM MDT on May 15, 2023 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns

Opinion: While Colorado gets its mental-health act together, the village must step up

by Vincent Atchity 1:30 AM MDT on May 7, 2022 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
Posted inHealth, News, Politics and Government

A mental health hold can help Coloradans in crisis. But for many who are seriously ill, that’s where the help stops.

by Thy Vo 4:28 AM MST on Jan 14, 2022 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
Posted inHealth, News

Colorado has half a billion dollars to fix its mental health system. But it won’t work without workers.

by Jennifer Brown 12:01 AM MST on Dec 12, 2021 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns

Opinion: Another factor to keep in mind in Colorado’s oil and gas communities — healthy minds

by Vincent Atchity 2:55 AM MDT on Jun 26, 2021 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

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