1046 results for author: Mental Health Colorado

Mental Health Colorado hiring regional coordinators across state

POSTED BY J. ADRIAN STANLEY A leading mental health advocacy group plans to hire “regional coordinators” across the state to help identify and address issues on a local level. And the first coordinator being hired is a half-time position for the Pikes Peak Region. Andrew Romanoff, president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado, a nonprofit advocacy group that’s a branch of Mental Health America, spoke to the Independent about the new program during a visit to the Springs. He said the new coordinator will focus on understanding barriers to mental health care, effective solutions, and changes the nonprofit can drive on public opinion and ...

Mental Health Colorado adds coordinator in Pikes Peak Region

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) -- We know that teen suicide is a public health emergency in our community. Now one non-profit group is working to put a coordinator in the Pikes Peak region to help combat the problem. Katie Pelton sits down with Mental Health Colorado President & CEO Andrew Romanoff. Mental Health Colorado is adding a coordinator to cover El Paso and Teller counties. They will live here and work here, learning what the real issues are that face our community. Colorado has one of the highest suicide rates in the country. The group wants to focus on more prevention and early intervention when it comes to mental ...

Data Sources

Data Descriptions with Hyperlinks 2019

Five years after the Aurora theater shooting, what’s the status of mental health care?

  DENVER -- It's an outcome of the Aurora Theater Shooting we don't talk about a lot. What happened that July night changed lives forever, but it also forever changed how Colorado helps those dealing with mental health crises. Following the mass shooting that took the lives of 12 innocent victims, lawmakers passed a bill to fund a statewide mental health crisis response system. It created a 24/7 hotline, a mobile crisis team, eleven 24-hour walk in care centers, and short-term respite care to help those in crisis. Five years later, Denver7 looks at what's working, who its helped and the future of the program. Colorado's 24/7 ...

KOSI Radio interviews Andrew Romanoff with Mental Health Colorado

Listen as Adam Morgan speaks with Andrew Romanoff, the President & CEO of Mental Health Colorado, and Jen Marnowski, Director of Communications, about mental wellness.

Viral tweet sheds new light on mental health

BY DREW ENGELBART, Fox 31 Denver A Michigan woman’s Twitter post has gone viral and shed a new light on mental health. The post is an email from the woman to her coworkers explaining that she is taking a couple “mental health days” off work, followed by a positive response from the company’s CEO. “Every year a million Coloradans experience mental health disorder and only half of them get care,” Mental Health Colorado’s President & CEO Andrew Romanoff said. The organization, Mental Health Colorado, is deeply concerned by that statistic and says that mental health is deeply stigmatized and because of that many don’t ...

31 Tips to Boost Your Mental Health

Track gratitude and achievement with a journal. Include 3 things you were grateful for and 3 things you were able to accomplish each day. Start your day with a cup of co­ffee. Coff­ee consumption is linked to lower rates of depression. If you can’t drink coff­ee because of the caffeine, try another good-for-you drink like green tea. Set up a getaway. It could be camping with friends or a trip to the tropics. The act of planning a vacation and having something to look forward to can boost your overall happiness for up to 8 weeks! Work your strengths. Do something you're good at to build self-confidence, then tackle a tougher task. ...

And the nominees are…

July 6, 2017 Turn on the news lately, and you might feel like the comedian Richard Lewis. Whenever his mother calls, she always asks, “Is everything all wrong?” If you can make it past the headlines (and the punchlines), you can find a few bits of good news. That’s what we’re asking you to do, right now: help us identify and celebrate success. Specifically, we’re asking you to nominate Coloradans who are making a difference in the field of mental health. We’ll honor the winners at our annual Tribute Gala on Oct. 28. This year, we’re seeking nominations in three categories: individual of the year, lifetime achievement, and ...

KOA Radio: Andrew Romanoff on the Senate Health Care Bill

Listen to Andrew Romanoff discuss the impact of the Senate's health care bill on mental health with KOA Radio.

GOP health-care bill is bad medicine for mental health

Let's say your state faces an opioid epidemic. And a shortage of psychiatric care. And one of the highest suicide rates in the nation. Let's say you live in Colorado. If you're an optimist, you might turn to Congress for help. At the very least, you'd expect your representatives and senators not to make matters worse. Unfortunately, the Senate Republicans' new health-care plan would do real harm to Colorado and to the rest of the country. Since the Senate may vote on this proposal before the end of the week, it's important to speak out right now. In the Senate, the GOP plan is called the Better Care Reconciliation Act. But if you or ...