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Watch: The Colorado Sun discusses mental health, improving life and care
June 26, 2024
By: Tatiana Flowers
Colorado Sun Equity Reporter Tatiana Flowers spoke with a panel of experts about how they see mental illness falling through the cracks, what are some solutions or ways to address the issues, and much more.
Speakers included:
Sandra Sharp, Vice President of National Alliance on Mental Illness Denver
Frank Cornelia, MS, LPC, Deputy Executive Director of Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council
Deborah Harrell, Holistic Healing Practitioner
Vincent Atchity, Ph.D., President & CEO of Mental Health Colorado
Chief Judge Susan Blanco, 8th Judicial District of Colorado
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New commission creates statewide standards for Colorado jails
June 23, 2024
By: Zachary Dupont
The commission was made up of people with varied backgrounds, including members of law enforcement, victims' rights advocates and mental health specialists. Vincent Atchity, the president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado, who served on the commission, discussed how the variety of backgrounds was greatly beneficial.
“It's an unusual space to be in where you've got, on the one hand, the health advocates, and on the other hand the jail-commander types,” Atchity said. “I think that there was all kinds of good ground for collaborative formulation of standards that made sense to people.”
Among some of ...