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Mental Health Colorado honors Vail Resorts
September 11, 2019
Broomfield-based company to receive Workplace Wellness Award for implementation of Epic Wellness program
Vail Resorts will be honored with the Workplace Wellness award during Mental Health Colorado's 2019 Tribute Gala on Sept. 28, according to a news release.
Each year, Mental Health Colorado honors a company or organization displaying creativity, ingenuity and significant achievements in promoting mental wellness and ending stigma in its communities.
Vail Resorts is being recognized for the successful implementation of its Epic Wellness program, ...
Without access to care, anxiety, depression, addiction stalk rural Coloradans | SPECIAL REPORT
by: Joey Bunch
September 1, 2019
Originally appeared in The Gazette.
This story is part of a yearlong series about Colorado’s broken mental health care system. Read more of the series here.
KIOWA COUNTY • Simply coping can be lonely, and here in southern Colorado, where the brown fields sweep to the blue horizon, struggles come on as slow as drought or with the sudden intensity of a dust devil.
There’s desperate isolation in a place where everybody knows everybody else’s business, says Laura Negley, a ...
Chuck and Julie with Sarah Davidon and Lisa Sabey
Listen to this episode of Chuck and Julie with Sarah Davidon & Lisa Sabey from the documentary "American Tragedy: Love Is Not Enough" featuring the story of Sue Klebold's journey to becoming a Mental Health Advocate, At-risk Children, Youth suicide, and much more!
Anschutz Medical Campus to screen documentary featuring Sue Klebold
Date: August 21, 2019
The screening of American Tragedy: Love is Not Enough, a new documentary that follows Sue Klebold’s journey from realizing her son was one of the Columbine Shooters to her becoming a mental health advocate will occur on August 30. The film includes suicide loss survivors’ stories and professionals all agreeing on a need for a major paradigm shift away from reliance on therapy for mental illnesses toward a more proactive, universal approach to mental wellness.
Indeed, as Klebold concludes, it was not love that was missing in her son’s ...
Colorado’s trailblazing Safe2Tell system needs significant upgrades, lawmakers say
By: John Frank
August 20, 2019
Two decades ago, in the wake of the Columbine school shooting, Colorado officials created the Safe2Tell anonymous tip line to help prevent more school massacres.
To read the full story, visit The Colorado Sun.
Screening of Documentary Featuring Sue Klebold
August 16, 2019
A local screening of “American Tragedy: Love is Not Enough,” a new documentary that follows Sue Klebold’s journey from realizing her son was one of the Columbine shooters to her becoming a mental health advocate, is scheduled August 30.
Read the full article on the Denver Post website.
Guns, Hate And Mental Health: Where Do They Intersect? And How Should We Move Forward?
By: Ryan Warner
August 15, 2019
Hundreds of questions swirl around after a mass shooting. Many of them start with the word "should."
Should the United States pass stricter gun control laws? Should the country improve its mental health system? Should more people be armed with guns? How should we address extremism?
"So many people have been killed or hurt or injured from these shootings," said Olivia Lien of Littleton. A friend of Lien's was at the Century 16 multiplex in Aurora on July 20, 2012.
"I really wish that we could just wave a magic wand and fix it ...
Coloradans React to ‘Red Flag’ Law
By: SACHA PFEIFFER
August 10, 2019
Listen to the full story on NPR
After 31 people were killed in mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, President Trump expressed support this week for what's known as a red flag law. It's legislation that allows guns to be temporarily removed from people in crisis.
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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: We must make sure that those judged to pose a grave risk to public safety do not have access to firearms and that if they do, those firearms can be taken through rapid due process.
PFEIFFER: Red flag laws are ...
OPINION: Don’t Blame Mental Health Issues for Mass Murder
By: Aubree Hughes
August 9, 2019
Yesterday, Mental Health Colorado issued the following statement:
“These are heartbreaking times for our country. Mental Health Colorado shares in our country’s collective sorrow, worry, and insistence on meaningful change.
“In the wake of two mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, our country’s leadership called for reform to mental health laws while suggesting ‘mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun.’
“We cannot continue to blame mental health for situations like this. The ...
The Connection Between Mental Illness & Violence Is Not A Given
After a mass shooting, there are words that come up time and again: "mental illness," "crazy," "monster." Words we want to reflect on with Moe Keller, the policy director for Mental Health Colorado. Listen now.
