1041 results for author: Mental Health Colorado
CELEBRITY DEATHS CALL FOR HONEST, OPEN CONVERSATION ABOUT SUICIDE
By: Jennifer Kovaleski
June 8, 2018
DENVER -- Most news organizations have an unwritten policy not to cover suicides. It's not because journalists don’t care, we don't want to glamorize or encourage it.
However, the sudden deaths of Kate Spade and now Anthony Bourdain—two celebrities who seemingly had it all and died by suicide—is igniting a flashpoint around a difficult topic.
"I'm glad we're talking about it; I'm sorry for the reason," said Andrew Romanoff, president & CEO of Mental Health Colorado.
Denver7 sat down with Romanoff to have an honest conversation about suicide.
"[It] brought attention to an issue ...
NAMI LOOKS “BELOW THE SURFACE” TO COMBAT TEEN SUICIDE
By: Faith Miller
June 6, 2017
When five teenagers at his high school took their own lives in a single semester, Chad Hawthorne knew he had to do something.
Two years ago, the National Alliance on Mental Illness Colorado Springs(NAMI) offered him — and a handful of other El Paso County students who’d been affected by tragedy — a way to help.
The outcome of their efforts is the Below the Surface campaign. Below the Surface seeks to raise teens’ awareness of Colorado’s crisis text line, a free, 24/7 service for people feeling depressed, anxious or upset. The campaign is one of several programs schools are rolling out in the ...
THE MENTAL HEALTH BATTLE: HELP AND SUPPORT
June 7, 2018
Mental health is not an easy topic, but it's one that needs to be in the spotlight. Sarah Davidon from Mental Health Colorado.
Originally appeared on 9NEWS.
AROUND TOWN: NAMI IS ‘STEPPING INTO THE LIGHT’ OF MENTAL ILLNESS
By: Linda Navarro
May 30, 2018
For several years, those attending the National Alliance on Mental Illness fundraising breakfasts spoke about "Embracing the Light."
The light of understanding and becoming more open became even brighter on May 3 at The Broadmoor as 650 people moved forward, "Stepping into the Light" of mental illness on the 35th anniversary of NAMI Colorado Springs.
The $180,000 goal for that morning was eclipsed when the total raised was announced: $205,000. "This is fully one-third of NAMI's annual operating budget," said Executive Director Lori Jarvis-Steinwert. "It is vital to our ability to offer our ...
EXPERT: SCHOOL STAFFERS NEED TRAINING TO HELP STUDENTS WITH MENTAL ISSUES
By: Peter Roper
May 30, 2018
Nikolas Cruz, the brooding young man facing trial in the shooting deaths of 17 students and teachers at a Florida high school in February, was no stranger to local police, school counselors and even the FBI.
Cruz's history of belligerent acts and threatening behavior had marked him to adults who encountered him.
Even so, the 19-year-old apparently was able to arm himself with a semi-automatic rifle and attack his school on Feb. 14
For Andrew Romanoff, executive director of Mental Health Colorado, the incidents of school attacks underline the need for getting school personnel better trained in identifying and ...
EXPERTS SHARE RESOURCES FOR THOSE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION
May 30, 2018
The groups Mental Health Colorado and Advocates for Recovery join 9NEWS to talk about addiction and recovery.
Originally appeared on 9NEWS.
PUEBLO GROUP HOSTING DISCUSSION ON GUN VIOLENCE
By: Peter Roper
May 26, 2018
Pueblo Indivisible wants to start a community discussion about gun violence and what steps could be taken to lower the danger of such a shooting happening here.
The group is hosting a forum on May 31 at the Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library. The 6:30 p.m. program is free and open to the public.
Former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, the current chief of Mental Health Colorado. His own family has been touched by suicide.
State Sen. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora. Her college-age son was shot to death in 2005.
Patricia O'Brien, of the Pueblo Human Relations Commission....
HEALTH AND BUSINESS LEADERS HOLD SYMPOSIUM OVER OPIOID ABUSE
By: Andy Koen
May 24, 2018
A coalition to confront opioid addiction in the Pikes Peak region is growing. Health professionals met with business leaders Thursday talk about the addiction crisis and how they can join the fight.
The Opioid Crisis Symposium held at the Pinery at the Hill was put together by the Community Health Partnership, Pyxant Labs and the Colorado Springs Business Journal.
The conversation covered everything from issues related to identifying and helping employees who might be struggling with substance abuse to training staff to give life-saving Narcan treatments.
"It is a crisis around the country, everybody is ...
MENTAL HEALTH COLORADO WORKS TO PUT TOOLKIT IN EVERY SCHOOL
By: Katie Pelton
May 24, 2018
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) -- More than 200,000 kids in Colorado experience mental health issues every year. Now one non-profit is working to put tool-kits in every school to help kids.
The group 'Mental Health Colorado' told us the tool-kits will provide several resources for schools. It will help educators recognize early warning signs of mental health issues.
"The truth is a lot of kids aren't getting the advantages they need and so they are struggling and suffering and in some cases even dying as a result," said Andrew Romanoff, the President & CEO of Mental Health Colorado.
“We spent the ...
COLORADANS DESERVE BETTER MENTAL HEALTH CARE ACCESS
By Andrew Romanoff – President and CEO, Mental Health Colorado
May 23, 2018
Put six Republicans and three Democrats on the same stage, and you might not expect them to agree on anything. When it comes to improving mental health care, however, you can find common ground.
Nine candidates shared a stage this spring at Mental Health Colorado’s first-ever gubernatorial forum. The consensus, we ought to make it harder for people who pose a danger to themselves or others to get guns, and easier for them to get treatment.
Those are two of the priorities we asked the state legislature to address. ...
