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GE JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION OFFERING HELP TO EMPLOYEES STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND ADDICTION
By: Kyla Galer
September 14, 2018
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) More Americans than ever are dying from drug overdoses.
Just last year, 72,000 people died from an overdose. That number is double what is was ten years ago.
Colorado is no exception to the trend. Since 1999, the Rocky Mountain State has also seen a steady rise in deaths from drug overdoses, including right here in El Paso County.
President of GE Johnson Construction Jim Johnson says his family is one of many families across the region impacted by mental health and addiction. He says ...
MENTAL HEALTH COLORADO WORKING TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR ALL
By: JoAnne Busing
September 12, 2018
Mental Health Colorado is an organization founded in 1973. "Their purpose is to advocate for the more than one million Coloradans who experience a mental health or substance abuse disorder each year. They engage policy makers, providers, the public and the press to promote intervention, expand access to affordable services and eradicate the stigma and discrimination that is often put on people with mental health problems," as stated on their web page.
Andrew Romanoff, President and CEO of this organization, said he has a very ...
OPENING UP: LEARNING TO TALK ABOUT SUICIDE
By Angela K. Evans
September 13, 2018
“The thing that I was really amazed by is that nobody ever asked me, ‘Why did you kill yourself?’” Dave tells me as we talk about his attempted suicide that left him dead for somewhere between 10 and 13 minutes in 1994. “Nobody really asked me.”
So I ask him.
“It was like, this is the last thing I’m taking in this world, I’ve had enough. I’d already lived with too much pain,” he says. “I just said no more. I said this is it, I’ve already had enough insults, I don’t like this, ...
SCHOOLS ARE OFFERED MENTAL HEALTH TOOLKIT TO DEAL WITH SOARING SUICIDE RATES
By: Ali Budner
Sept. 11, 2018
A nine-year-old boy in Colorado took his own life on the first week of school this year. The tragedy highlighted a pervasive problem in the state and in the Mountain West region as a whole -- the high suicide rate -- especially among youth. Goal Academy in Pueblo, Colorado is a charter program with high schools around the state that focuses on both academic and mental wellbeing.
Camille Vallet is a junior. She wants to become a zoologist. And just like any high schooler, she said sometimes she feels stressed.
Right ...
DENVER CREATES TASK FORCE TO TACKLE GROWING SUICIDE RATE
Sept. 10, 2018
DENVER (CBS4)– Community leaders in Denver gathered to deliver an important message on World Suicide Prevention Day: There is help.
The message comes as health experts say deaths by suicide are on the rise in Colorado.
In the first nine months of the year, Denver has seen 15 more people die of suicide compared to all of 2017.
The City of Denver is working to address behavioral health issues by creating a specific task force. Some of the solutions being discussed include a social worker accompanying first responders to 911 calls.
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DENVER LEADERS TALK ABOUT WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY
They hope to spread the message of help and community.
Orginally appeared on CBS4.
TOO LITTLE MONEY, TOO FEW BEDS: COLORADO’S MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
By: Jennifer Kovaleski
September 6, 2018
DENVER -- They say a mother's love knows no bounds.
For Maree, a Colorado mother, those bounds have been tested but her love for her son has never wavered.
"I'm the mother of a schizoaffective son, hospitalization over 18 times in two years," she said.
Her son struggles with a mental illness and substance abuse and asked that we not identify him or use his last name, but she still wanted to tell her story.
"My son is in treatment, and he is trying to get better so for his privacy and respect for him," Maree ...
MENTAL HEALTH COLORADO – RISE TRIBUTE GALA
The Mental Health Colorado Tribute Gala is Saturday, September 22 at 5:30PM at the Marriott Tech Center. Buy tickets and sponsorships online at www.MentalHealthColorado.org.
DENVER VOTERS TO DECIDE ON A TAX THAT WILL FUND MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE CARE
By: John Daley
August 23, 2018
A Denver ballot initiative could bring in tens of millions of dollars a year to help people with mental health and substance disorder issues.
State Rep. Leslie Herod, a Denver Democrat, is spearheading the "Caring 4 Denver" campaign. She said the proposal makes financial sense in that, if it’s passed by voters, it could fund a variety of mental health programs.
The money would come from a one-quarter of 1 percent city sales tax — that's 25 cents on a $100 purchase.
"We know that if people who suffer from a mental ...
MENTAL HEALTH COLORADO SEEKING TO CHANGE COURSE ON CARE IN COLORADO
By: John Bear
August 24, 2018
Andrew Romanoff, president and chief executive officer of Mental Health Colorado wants Colorado to be a national leader when it comes to mental health care.
Spoiler alert: It's not.
"We are not there yet," Romanoff said. "We are 43rd."
Romanoff, who is a former speaker of the house for the state Legislature, was at Boulder's Dairy Center for the Arts Friday night to participate in a panel on mental health and gun safety with a focus on gun issues. The event was held in coordination with Colorado ...
