1041 results for author: Mental Health Colorado

THE JONES FAMILY TALKS THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH

October 8, 2018 This week, you're gonna hear more conversations about mental health care as this is a nationally recognized week when organizations are trying to spark discussions to remove the stigma. Originally appeared on 9News.

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October 9, 2018 If you’re like me, your inbox is flooded with political appeals. The good news: This isn’t one of them. At Mental Health Colorado, we can’t endorse candidates. But we can ask them where they stand—and that’s exactly what we did. We posed eight questions to the candidates running for the state legislature and for governor. Check out their answers atmentalhealthcolorado.org/election2018. More than 100 out of 179 candidates responded. Most supported our priorities, including increasing the availability of mental health services in schools and early childhood settings (94 percent); strengthening requirements for ...

Scott Helker (Libertarian)

More information on the candidate. Do you support school policies and funding that increase the availability of mental health services in schools and early childhood settings? Yes and No! I support school programs that teach bonding. Not all but many issues can be resolved by bonding, friendship. There are mental health issues but let us start with the basics. Portugal has legalized drugs and reduce addiction by simply teaching addicts social skills. Why not start early? Do you support additional funding for follow-up care for individuals after a suicide attempt or overdose? ...

LAWS MANDATE EQUAL COVERAGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH BUT WE DON’T SEE IT IN COLORADO

By Andrew Romanoff October 8, 2018 A teenager trapped by depression. A daughter addicted to heroin. A son lost to suicide. More than a million Coloradans face a mental health or substance use disorder, but only half get the care they need. The consequences can be catastrophic: crowded emergency rooms and prison cells, increased unemployment and homelessness, and one of the highest suicide rates in the nation. This crisis is not simply statistical — it’s profoundly personal. Dani was 16 when she was diagnosed with anxiety and depression. Her parents tried and failed to get treatment for her in Colorado. ...

FOR MOTHER AND STAR ATHLETE DAUGHTER, MENTAL ILLNESS A CRUCIBLE OF PAIN

By: Rachel Riley Oct. 6, 2018 Alone in a cell for 23 hours a day, gripped by delusions and reluctant to take the medications that would ease the symptoms of her psychosis, Jessica Muñoz-Ciro wanted to end the pain. She leapt head-first from the top of a bunk bed at the El Paso County jail with enough force to crack her front teeth. The fall didn’t kill 26-year-old Muñoz-Ciro, once a junior world racquetball champion who’d been arrested this year after she, in the midst of a manic episode, lashed out at law enforcement officers. Four months later, after stints at two mental health facilities, she again jumped ...

Darrell Dinges (Libertarian)

Click here for more information on the candidate. Do you support school policies and funding that increase the availability of mental health services in schools and early childhood settings? No: These issues should be handled in other locations beside schools. Do you support additional funding for follow-up care for individuals after a suicide attempt or overdose? Yes: A funding source would have to be found that does not affect existing priorities. Do you support extreme risk protection orders? No: These laws can cause ...

Kamala Vanderkolk (D)

Click here for more information on the candidate. Do you support school policies and funding that increase the availability of mental health services in schools and early childhood settings? Yes: Early intervention is best for all conditions. Do you support additional funding for follow-up care for individuals after a suicide attempt or overdose? Yes: A personal support system is crucial to recovery. Do you support extreme risk protection orders? Yes: If we believe that "Blue Lives Matter", and our law enforcement officers ...

Charles Messick (Libertarian)

Click here for more information on the candidate. Do you support additional funding for follow-up care for individuals after a suicide attempt or overdose? Yes Do you support extreme risk protection orders? Yes: with limits Do you support strengthening laws and transparency requirements compelling insurance companies to provide coverage for the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders that is equal to the coverage provided for a physical illness? No Do you support strengthening ...

Eric Joss (Libertarian)

Do you support school policies and funding that increase the availability of mental health services in schools and early childhood settings? Yes Do you support additional funding for follow-up care for individuals after a suicide attempt or overdose? Yes Do you support extreme risk protection orders? Yes: Only with a judge's approval. There is a lot of potential for abuse. Any law authorizing this must have a sunset clause. Do you support strengthening laws and transparency requirements compelling insurance ...

Tom Sullivan (D)

Click here for more information on the candidate. Do you support additional funding for follow-up care for individuals after a suicide attempt or overdose? Yes: Suicide prevention is an issue that I care very deeply about, especially as it pertains to gun violence. I will be a champion on this issue beginning day one. Do you support extreme risk protection orders? Yes: My background speaks for itself. If we can save one life from gun violence, either self-inflicted or from someone else, it is worth it. Do you support strengthening ...