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Colorado county leaders blast state officials over mental health, claim 69 foster kids are missing
In a letter to state officials, county human services directors say their caseworkers have had to sleep in office buildings with children because they can’t find them a bed.
Class-action lawsuit alleges Colorado is failing at children’s mental health care
A similar lawsuit in Illinois forced that state to improve its mental health system for kids who qualify for Medicaid.
Westminster police told the world Armando Valdez Gonzalez stole a bag of cash and assaulted a woman. Except he didn’t.
Attorney blames “jump to judgment” for $11,000 debt and public shaming of a man a yard sale host accused of stealing her bank bag
Youth mental health was front and center in Colorado’s legislative session. But the work is only a “down payment.”
Lawmakers set aside at least $30 million specifically for youth mental health, an amount that increased in the 11th hour of the lawmaking term after Children’s Hospital Colorado declared a state of emergency
Children’s Hospital Colorado declares mental health state of emergency as suicide attempts rise
Suicide attempts are rising and emergency room visits for mental health crises were up 90% last month. Mental health experts are asking for help.
Opinion: Mental health can be a powerful concern in Colorado’s mountains
The mountain West has earned the morbid nickname of “the suicide belt” because our rate of suicide is drastically higher than the national average.
Two-thirds of farmers said the pandemic impacted their mental health. But providers are underfunded and underequipped.
The stigma of acknowledging the need for mental health care can prevent people from seeking it.
Death rates for pregnant Colorado women have doubled since 2008. Here’s how the state is trying to fix it.
A package of proposed laws headed toward passage aims to prevent deaths among pregnant women and create better outcomes for babies.
Opinion: A emergency pediatrician on why a law on safe storage of guns would save young lives
If a child comes to my ER having swallowed a bottle of Tylenol, I can give them medicine to help undo the harm. I couldn’t undo the bullet sitting in my 13-year-old patient's brain.
Colorado Democrats will pursue mandatory waiting period for gun buyers, safe-storage measure in 2021
The legislation is modeled after policies passed in other states, but it's sure to draw Republican objections
On Edge: In the wake of furloughs, closings, suicides, a Breckenridge businessman searches for balance
You don’t return to normal, or what passes for it, when kids in your town kill themselves, Dick Carleton says.
Youth suicides on the Eastern Plains spark political protest, “7 is too many” social media campaign
Teens are criticizing Gov. Polis’ policies, but mental health experts say it’s too simple to blame the suicide deaths solely on the pandemic
On Edge: In a rural Eastern Plains community plagued by drought, stigma won’t be easy to overcome
Week after rainless week throughout the growing season has wounded not just local farmland, but also the emotional landscape
Colorado agency erred in dumping a mental health program for doctors, judge rules
An administrative law ruling says DORA’s new contract is void. But the case that has riled the state’s physicians is far from over.
Colorado’s splintered mental health system has had tragic failures. The state is taking the first step to fix it.
A task force ordered by Gov. Jared Polis calls for creating a new Behavioral Health Administration, but the plan has no new funding
Wave of suicides in northwest Colorado part of “toxic stress” from coronavirus, experts say
Nine people have died by suicide so far this year, five in the past month in a region that has been fighting to expand mental health care and break down stigma around treatment
Doctors are overwhelmed by coronavirus. So why did Colorado officials just end a 30-year contract with a peer health program?
The state Department of Regulatory Agencies approved a contract for a new program without telling the Colorado Medical Board, setting off a firestorm of complaints from doctors across the state.
Colorado, like other states, trims health programs amid health crisis
Between the challenges of the pandemic, the social unrest and the economic crisis, mental health providers are warning that the need for behavioral health services is growing. Yet faced with budgetary shortfalls, Colorado is cutting spending.
Coronavirus-related calls are dominating Colorado’s mental health crisis hotline
Calls to the mental health line have spiked in the past month, but tips to Safe2Tell are down. It’s too soon to know whether the pandemic will result in more suicides, say experts.
For war-weary veterans, a dose of “adventure therapy” can help them ski off the war
A four-day mission took veterans across the Sneffels Range and through “Break-a-Bone Meadow” to help deal with their demons. “This can be a cathedral for people,” one vet said.
