1041 results for author: Mental Health Colorado

COLORADO LAUNCHING SUICIDE PREVENTION EFFORTS

By: Mary Shinn October 21, 2018 New efforts to improve mental health care for children and teenagers across Colorado will be rolled out over the next two to three years. The Colorado Attorney General’s Office is providing $2.8 million in grant funding to improve pediatric mental health care and support school-based mental health programming. Suicide is the leading cause of death for those 10 to 24 in Colorado, and addressing the lack of mental health services in the state is “a matter of life or death,” said Andrew Romanoff, Mental Health Colorado president and CEO. In La Plata County, the number of young ...

SUE KLEBOLD TALKS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS

By Justin Criado Oct 19, 2018   Sue Klebold, mother of Columbine High School shooter Dylan Klebold, said there were no signs that her youngest son was planning what eventually transpired on April 20, 1999, before taking his own life. “From what I could see, he was doing OK,” she said. She explained how a month before the incident, Dylan visited the University of Arizona, the school he planned to attend, with his family and was excited to get the largest freshman dorm room possible. Three nights before he and friend Eric Harris murdered 13 people and wounded 24 others before the ...

NEW MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE AIMS TO COMBAT TEEN SUICIDE

By: Caiti Blase October 19, 2018 COLORADO SPRINGS – This week Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced that nearly $3 million will go towards improving youth mental health across the state. Andrew Romanoff, president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado, said the initiative is a partnership between Children’s Hospital of Colorado and his organization. He said the state needs more specialists in pediatric mental health which is one of the things the hospital will address with the $2 million it will receive. The remaining $800,000 will be used by Mental Health Colorado. The plan is to get better resources and training in ...

NON-PROFIT GETS MAJOR FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES IN SCHOOLS

By: Katie Pelton October 19, 2018 Credit: MGN DENVER (KKTV) -- A non-profit is getting major funding to help put more mental health resources in our schools. The group 'Mental Health Colorado' was awarded $800,000 from the attorney general's office. “Attorney General Cynthia Coffman this week announced a $2.8 million initiative to improve children’s mental health. It’s a partnership between Mental Health Colorado, our organization, and Children’s Hospital Colorado," said Andrew Romanoff, the President and CEO of Mental Health Colorado. They will use the funding to put toolkits in every school, which will help ...

WHAT’S YOUR STORY?

October 31, 2018 Their struggles were painful and familiar: a son who refused treatment, a mother who couldn’t find any, families severed by suicide or homelessness or jail. At a Rotary Club in Fort Collins yesterday, just about everyone had a story to tell. We want to hear yours. If you or someone you love has faced a mental health or substance use disorder, please let us know. We created an online story bank to capture the complexity of mental illness, the benefits of treatment, and the barriers that stop so many Coloradans from getting care. Breaking through those barriers is what our work at Mental Health Colorado is all about. ...

Colorado Drug Trends

August 2018 Prepared by Stephanie Russell, MSW Key Takeaways Alcohol has the largest number of treatment admissions since 2009 Alcohol, Heroin, and Meth account for 75% of all treatment records in CY2017 Twenty-five through 34 year olds account for the highest volume of treatment admissions for five out of six substances observed White race and male gender continue to be the most frequent demographics admitted to treatment The gender gap is the smallest for prescription opioids Read the full report here.  

Unmasked: A Masquerade Party

October 21, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRLsLn8J5sY&t=23s Join the City of Castle Pines for a masquerade party benefitting Mental Health Colorado. Tickets are still available.

AUSTIN’S MESSAGE

October 24, 2018 “I knew I was going to die.” It’s been 19 years since Austin Eubanks crouched under a table in the library at Columbine High School. In the shooting spree that followed, Austin was struck twice; his best friend was killed almost instantly. At a breakfast in Loveland this morning, Austin described the trauma of that day and his subsequent battle with addiction. His message: recovery is possible. Here in Larimer and in 10 other counties across the state, voters have a chance to advance that cause. Nearly a dozen local ballot measures would fund the prevention and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders...

Mental Health-Related Ballot Measures – Unofficial Results

Official results will be announced soon.

COLORADO IS TRYING TO MAKE A DENT IN YOUTH SUICIDE RATES

By: Ali Budner October 19, 2018 Our region has an especially high rate of suicide. Now Colorado is taking a unique approach to deal with it, at least for kids. Attorney General, Cynthia Coffman, just allocated $2.8 millionfor a state-wide pediatric mental health initiative. Andrew Romanoff, who leads Mental Health Colorado, said this is very important for the state’s youth right now. “We know that in most cases the first signs of mental illness occur during adolescence,” he said. “But we also know there is a gap of 8-10 years between the onset of symptoms and the arrival of treatment.” Romano...