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Tribute Silent Auction Donations
Would you like to help us gear up for our biggest fundraiser of the year?
Gather silent auction items for the Tribute Gala!
All you have to do is bring the donation form to your favorite restaurant, gallery, or hotel and ask if they would be willing to make a tax-deductible, in-kind donation to Mental Health Colorado. We can accept donations over $50 in value. The form and item/s can be mailed to our office. If the item cannot be shipped, you can also drop it off at our office located at 1120 Lincoln St, Suite 1606, Monday through Friday between 8 am and 4 pm.
If you have questions, please contact Emily Elder at (720) 208-2233 or eelder@me...
Statement by Paul Gionfriddo, president and CEO of Mental Health America, on the Better Care Reconciliation Act
"The Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) falls far short of what is needed and will ultimately do significant harm to people with all chronic conditions, including mental illnesses, while increasing the cost of health care to everyone.
"While it leaves in place the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement that insurers cover pre-existing conditions, it does not require insurance products to include all essential benefits. This means that while people with mental health conditions would be able to obtain insurance, the insurance would not include all the services they need.
"It also replaces much of both the core and expanded Medicaid program – ...
This just in
June 22, 2017
What’s six hours old, 142 pages long, and capable of changing one-sixth of the American economy?
If you guessed the “Better Care Reconciliation Act,” you’re right. Senate Republicans just released their plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.
That gives us one week to weigh in on the proposal before the Senate is expected to vote on it. We oppose many of the provisions we’ve seen, including threats to mental health and substance use services -- which insurers might no longer have to cover as essential benefits -- and deep cuts to Medicaid.
We want to hear from you. Please share your thoughts on our online forum (a new ...
Sandra: My daughter’s story
Although my daughter Brandy had a very difficult life for many reasons, she was a beautiful, vibrant and amazingly wonderful person. Her heart was filled with giving, humor, compassion, and caring. She had the most radiant smile and gorgeous brown eyes. People loved to hear her laugh and watch her dance. She was so filled with life and was always the one to bring people together. Always creative and smart, brave and gentle, she strove to be her best self. Her spirit was strong and her soul was pure.
Brandy was born in 1971, in Colorado Springs. She had severe digestive problems and a very high level of sensitivity. We, with the help of her ...
Helping men take care of their mental health
Andrew Romanoff, President of Mental Health Colorado, stopped by 9NEWS on Father's Day to talk about men's mental health and how to take care of the men in our lives by taking care of their feelings.
A critical gap
June 16, 2017
How do we recruit more mental health professionals -- and retain those we have?
Those questions gained new urgency this month. A severe staffing shortage has plunged Colorado’s largest psychiatric hospital into turmoil.
Federal regulators have told the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo that its conditions pose an “immediate and serious threat to the health and safety of patients.” The institute will lose an estimated $12 million in Medicare and Medicaid funding -- roughly 13 percent of its total operating budget -- on June 28 unless it implements “sufficient corrective actions.”
The state is scrambling to ...
Men’s Health Month: Man Therapy
The statistics say it all: working-age men (25-64 years old) account for the largest number of suicide deaths in the United States. They are four times more likely than women to die from suicide. These men are also the least likely to receive support – they don’t talk about their experiences with friends and family or ask professionals for help, according to the Colorado Office of Suicide Prevention.
During Men’s Health Month in June, Mental Health Colorado wants to focus on changing this mindset. Men must talk about their feelings.
A local advertising firm, Cactus, partnered with the Colorado Office of Suicide Prevention to launch a ...
Vail Daily editorial: Congressman’s shooting raises difficult questions
By now, anyone interested in the topic has seen, heard and read plenty of news and opinion about Wednesday's shooting of U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four other people by a gunman who was then fatally shot by police.
As this is written, the news and opinion are falling into depressingly predictable patterns. Since the gunman — who won't get the pleasure here of posthumous glory through identification — was named, those interested have already learned about his politics, previous arrests and so on.
Political opinions will run along a similar, predictable track, with plenty of blame and issue rehashing reflective of our nation's ...
Summit Daily editorial: State has far to go in addressing mental health crisis
Colorado's county jails have become the last resort for our broken mental health system.
Getting a psychiatric bed for a person in crisis can be a time-consuming challenge that frequently falls to law officers. Consequently, patients deemed a risk to themselves or others often wind up isolated inside a stripped-down cell designed to prevent suicide. That's regardless of whether they've been charged with a crime or not.
Here in Summit County, the average number of hours people spend in mental health jail holds has risen from 44 hours in 2014 to 651 last year, a 1,365 percent increase.
It's a grim reality that sheriffs, state lawmakers and ...
Biking the California coast for mental health
A local triathlete starts a journey Wednesday, June 7th cycling about 2-thousand miles to raise awareness for mental health.
25-year old Coloradan Dominique Stasulli is biking the entire Pacific Coast Highway from Seattle to San Diego in about two weeks. She says she’s never seen the Pacific and wanted to do something for a cause that’s important to her while she’s on vacation.
She has PTSD and depression from experiencing emotional and physical abuse when she was a child.
"As I ride these 2,000 miles, please join me vicariously in supporting the mental health movement in this country," says Stasulli. "I would to love to see you support ...
