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Health inequities among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
Understanding Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life: A Research Agenda (NCBI)
US Socioeconomic and Racial Differences in Health: Patterns and Explanations
The Environment That Racism Built
Sexual orientation and gender identity data
LGB youth have even HIGHER rates of suicide risk; 46% considered suicide; 25% attempted suicide (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 2018.Healthy Kids Colorado Survey)
Healthy Kids Colorado Executive Summary
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Overview of 2017 Data (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Healthy Kids Colorado Survey)
Livestream: 2019 Suicide Prevention Day at the Capitol
On Tuesday, February 26th, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Colorado Chapter will join together with Mental Health Colorado, Suicide Prevention Coalition of Colorado, and National Alliance on Mental Illness Colorado to present the 1st Annual Suicide Prevention Day at the Capitol.
Due to such high interest we have reached our registration capacity—but you can still be a part of this important day. Please join us for the livestream. We’ve got a great panel of leaders and experts lined up to talk about the hard facts on suicide in Colorado, why legislat...
Legislative updates
Last week:
Friday, May 3 was "Sine Day"!
This is Latin for ‘without a day’. Adjournment Sine Die means to adjourn without assigning a day for a further meeting or hearing. Colorado’s constitution states that the legislature can only meet during regular session for a maximum of 120 days. May 3rd marked the 120th day of the regular session.
And this Sine Day, we celebrated all of Mental Health Colorado’s agenda bills passing!
Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen, especially our Brain Wave members who testified this session. Your advocacy made ...
Youth Suicide Study Shows Unemployment Is A Risk Factor
By: Ali Budner
January 7, 2019
The Mountain West has some of the highest teen suicide rates in the country. A new report out of the region looks at what conditions contribute to the high rate of youth suicide.
The yearlong study came out of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
"Colorado has a teen suicide rate that’s twice as high as the national average,” said Andrew Romanoff, the director of Mental Health Colorado. “Just a staggering heartbreaking statistic.”
The Attorney General’s study focused on the ...
2019 Priorities
At
Mental Health Colorado, we’re bringing a broad range of proposals to state
lawmakers.
Among other requests,
we’re asking the General Assembly and the governor to:
■ Fund the Zero Suicide framework, training health care,
education, and law enforcement personnel to spot the early warning signs of
suicidal ideation.
■ Strengthen the enforcement of mental health parity laws,
requiring public and private insurers to provide sufficient coverage for the
treatment of mental health and substance use disorders.
■ Create a statewide bed tracking system, ...
When you die by suicide, you don’t end your pain — you transfer it
December 30, 2018
By: Andrew Romanoff
On the third Tuesday of each month, Bethany Lutheran Church in Cherry Hills Village hosts a meeting that no one wants to attend.
I visited the church in October, shortly after dusk. A sign pointed me to a meeting room in the back of the building, at the end of a dark hallway.
Inside the room, two dozen women and men sat quietly around a conference table. They each introduced themselves and then shared the names of their children — a son or a daughter who had died by suicide.
When my turn came, I talked about my cousin ...
Colorado attorney general grants $800,000 for mental health toolkits in classrooms
December 21, 2018
By: Byron Reed
View full story on 9News.
Mental Health Colorado is the state’s leading advocate for the prevention and treatment of mental health.
Back in May, it launched the School Mental Health Kit, which is aimed at bringing awareness to classrooms, like Andrew Romanoff, the president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado.
Photo by KUSA
“Suicide has become the leading cause of death among adolescents in Colorado,” Romanoff said. “We’re losing more than 1,100 people -- including 80 children -- to suicide ...
MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY GROUP AIMS TO CHANGE PUBLIC OPINION, POLICY IN COLORADO
By: Stephanie Daniel
Dec. 13, 2018
The life expectancy of Americans continues to decline. This is driven in part by an increase in drug overdoses and suicides, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control. This is especially troubling in Colorado, which ranks among the top ten in suicide rates.ListenListening...4:53The head of Mental Health Colorado discusses the organization's priorities for 2019.
KUNC's Stephanie Daniel spoke with Andrew Romanoff, president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado, an advocacy organization, to find out what can the ...
