1046 results for author: Mental Health Colorado

Mayling Simpson

Statement on support for mental and behavioral health for school children For Mental Health Colorado: Mayling Simpson, June 23, 2020 Education is a key tool for healthier minds. Public schools are the perfect environment for fostering healthy minds and behaviors. I support the training of all teachers in the mental and behavioral health of children. My first year teaching high school, I had two students with mental health issues, and I had no training in how to deal with them. Thus, I know first-hand how important training can be. Teachers should be equipped to recognize mental health needs and know when a referral is necessary. They should ...

Bri Buentello

My campaign for re-election is focused on a holistic approach to improving the mental health services available to the people of Southern Colorado. In the midst of the COVID pandemic, it is more crucial than ever that all Coloradans have access to quality healthcare, especially mental health support. That is why I have endorsed and will continue to support any measures that will improve our mental health and care services. From improving education for our children and promoting healthy environments for students to learn and interact with others, to working to bolster the agricultural economy of House District 47 so that my constituents can find ...

Karla Esser

My name is Karla Esser and I am running for the State Board of Education (SBE)  in Congressional District 7. Education has been my passion and profession for four decades. I have been a teacher, building administrator, assistant superintendent, and a professor, in Colorado and in the German public school system. Colorado has the highest growth in teen suicide in the nation. For this reason, several parent groups in different districts are offering free suicide prevention workshops for parents and teachers. Considering the CoVID crisis and the recent protests around race inequality, schools will have an even greater need for health professionals, ...

Cathy Kipp

We know that the lack of behavioral health resources is a pervasive problem here in Colorado. It is crippling and debilitating for so many of our citizens, but unlike a broken bone, mental health is neither so easy to detect or to fix. The cost of not recognizing and treating mental health issues is huge. In addition to Colorado’s high suicide rate, fallout from mental health affects the behavior of young children in schools, the lost productivity of adults, and the use of our prisons as expensive and ineffective warehouses for people who would be better served with appropriate behavioral health treatments. I am proud to have a 100% rating on ...

Lawmakers pass multiple mental health bills

By: Andy Koen Originally appeared on KOAA News DENVER — Colorado lawmakers passed multiple bills during the abbreviated session aimed at improving access to mental health services. The bills help school-aged children with access to crisis treatment, expand access to services in rural areas via telehealth, and give employees more flexibility to seek mental health care. Moe Keller, Director of Advocacy for the nonprofit group Mental Health Colorado, said in a virtual media round table discussion Thursday that a growing number of students contact the Safe2Tell tip line struggling with mental health needs. Safe2Tell was created after the ...

Brian Mason

Brian Mason Statement on Mental Health We have a mental health crisis in our society and it is particularly acute in the criminal justice system.  As a prosecutor for more than 13 years, I have seen this first hand.  Countless people enter our courtrooms with untreated mental health problems.  A huge number of them get treatment for the first time once they do.  This is not as it should be.  As a candidate for District Attorney in Colorado’s 17th Judicial District (Adams & Broomfield counties) I am committed to addressing this crisis head on. The mental health crisis is not limited to those who are accused of crimes, however.  ...

Steven Woodrow

Colorado boasts more days of sunshine per year than any other city. Despite the mental health benefits of sunshine, one in eight Denverites are depressed at any given time. Three out of ten children in Denver's middle and high schools feel sad and hopeless.  Over 70 percent of people experiencing depression in the mile high city are not receiving any treatment. We have seen the consequences of severe mental health support in the increasing numbers of suicide and addiction.  In 2018, Denver residents spoke loud and clear by overwhelmingly passing Caring 4 Denver, funding a whole suite of mental health services, facilities, suicide prevention, opioid ...

Activists Seek to Change the Relationship Between Mental Health and Policing

Original appeared on SpectrumNews1 By: David Mendez On June 15, Kendrick Sampson testified alongside four other members of the People’s Budget L.A. coalition to make his pitch: that the city of Los Angeles must listen to the will of the people — or at least the respondents to the People’s Budget survey — and defund police. “We know that ‘public safety’ is not policing. If policing kept us safe — you’ve got tons of police in the 'hood, right? Fortune 500 CEOs would line up, waiting for spots in the hood. And they’re not, because it doesn't keep you safe,” Sampson told five members of the Los Angeles City Council, who ...

¿Que es Juneteenth (19 de junio)?

Juneteenth (19 de junio) es un día festivo anual que observa el fin de la esclavitud en los EE. UU. Marca el día (19 de junio de 1865) cuando las noticias de emancipación llegaron a las personas en las partes más profundas de la antigua Confederación en Galveston, Texas - dos años después de que la Proclamación de Emancipación hubiera sido declarado formalmente. Para celebrar Juneteenth y subrayar nuestra comprensión sincera de que las vidas Negras importan, todo el personal de Mental Health Colorado se está tomando el tiempo hoy para reflexionar sobre las intersecciones reales y potenciales de nuestra defensa de la salud mental con el ...

What is Juneteenth? Please read.

Juneteenth is an annual holiday observing the end of slavery in the U.S. and marks the day (June 19, 1865) when news of emancipation reached people in the deepest parts of the former Confederacy in Galveston, Texas – two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had been formally declared. To celebrate Juneteenth and underscore our heartfelt understanding that Black Lives Matter, all Mental Health Colorado staff is taking time to reflect on the real and potential intersections of our mental health advocacy with antiracism. We’ve put together a list of resources for reflection and education. We encourage you to read or discuss something ...