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As the teen mental health epidemic escalates, emergency rooms get innovative and a for-profit hospital sees an opening
A statewide review is attempting to pinpoint the gaps in care as one study finds kids go out of network up to 7 times more often for mental health care.
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Opinion: Teen suicide has become normalized in our state. This is a crisis.
By Dafna Michaelson Jenet Opinion
A Snapchat video of a 13-year-old boy’s suicide roiled a Colorado town — and left police chasing social media ghosts
By Jennifer Brown Health Primary category in which blog post is published
Shifting points of view introduce a suicide, a disappearance and set the stage for drama
By Cynthia Swanson Book Excerpts Primary category in which blog post is published
For farmers in a mental health crisis, it’s often tough to seek help. A Colorado program aims to begin conversations.
By Joe Purtell Health Primary category in which blog post is published
Kate Petrocco’s death ruled a suicide by Adams County coroner
Petrocco’s family has been raising questions about the investigation into the 36-year-old mother of two’s death in July
Centura Health says clarity is needed on Colorado’s assisted suicide law after lawsuit
In a federal court filing, Centura Health argues that the U.S. Constitution's religious freedom protections trumps Colorado law's protections for doctors who both chose to or decide against prescribing lethal drugs to hasten the death of patients
Colorado’s trailblazing Safe2Tell system needs significant upgrades, lawmakers say
Police respond to suicidal teens instead of counselors under the current system, which is among the reasons leaders are looking to Utah for ideas on how to improve.
Death rates among pregnant women in Colorado are climbing. Suicide and overdose are to blame.
To counteract the rising mortality figure, the state strengthened a death review committee and plans to expand drug treatment
Colorado kids and teens are dying at a rate higher than the U.S. average — and suicide is to blame
The state ranked poorly in health outcomes and mediocre overall in the latest national report on child well-being by the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Opinion: A “paradise paradox” — Colorado is physically fit, but in a behavioral health crisis
Opinion
“It’s OK to not be OK”: How one Colorado high school saved lives with a 34-question survey
Colorado has one of the highest suicide rates in the country for both youth and adults
As mountain suicides soar, Vail Health is committing $60 million to mental care in Eagle County
Surveys of students in Eagle County schools are numbing: nearly one in four seventh-graders and eighth-graders considered suicide in 2017 and 16 percent of those students had formed a suicide plan
