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Ashley Judd, Aloe Blacc help unveil national suicide prevention strategy

This national strategy for a whole-society approach to suicide prevention launches with help from celebrities with lived experience

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Neighbor Voices: Colorado lawmakers must help children in acute mental health crisis

Suicide is the leading cause of death for Colorado youth and the Crisis Resolution Team bill would codify existing work into law for future budgeting

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Changemakers & Thrivers

Changemaker: Columbine survivor teaches and prioritizes resilience

As we pause to reflect on the 25th anniversary of Columbine, our April Moodfuel Thriver is a resilient Coloradan who's overcome immense, recurring trauma and now teaches resilience

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For neurodiverse kids, Sensory Spot offers a new way to play

Parker play space offers neurodiverse children a fun, safe space to explore comfortably

Neighbor Voices: Fix archaic medical policy failing Coloradans with mental health needs

The director of Mental Health Colorado urges legislators to eliminate the 15-day treatment cap for Medicaid patients with serious mental illness

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Castle Rock PD introduces state’s first crisis response police therapy dog

A four-legged partner responds to help people experiencing mental distress

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Post-pandemic workforce demands mental health support

Employees expect management to incorporate mental health programming into workplace culture

FTC orders counseling service BetterHelp to stop selling customer data

BetterHelp denies wrongdoing after breaking promise to customers not to share their data

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What is gray rocking?

In practicing the gray rock tactic, a person threatened with abuse becomes so unengaging that the abuser loses interest, but advocates warn it's not a solution to the bigger problem

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Neighbor Voices: Colorado psychedelic patient warns about unregulated use and inherent risks

An experienced user of ibogaine, a natural African psychedelic, discusses the safety, reciprocity and sustainability implications of unregulated plant medicine in Colorado

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Firearm safety is the key to veteran suicide prevention – here's why

Lethal means safety inserts critical minutes between a veteran experiencing suicidal ideation and a tool to carry out the intent

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What it’s like being a Black woman with anxiety

Being a Woman of Color living with mental illness requires strength, insight and lots of self-care

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What are the 3 most important questions to ask a potential therapist?

If you're considering therapy, these specific questions will help you find the best match in a counselor

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A strategy for coping with the hard parts of life

Life is hard, but we can learn healthy strategies to get unstuck, heal from trauma and feel safe inside our window of tolerance

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Stop processing mentally ill people through the legal system

The growing number of Americans with serious mental illness is challenging law enforcement, courts and jails, which have become de facto psychiatric wards

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The unspoken crisis in men’s mental health and how employers can help

For many men, the go-it-alone approach to achieving mental health isn't working, so it's time for employers to step up

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Colorado legislators are extremely concerned about student mental health

Colorado lawmakers continue to focus on mental health a year after they made historic investments in Colorado’s mental healthcare system

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Will Colorado psychologists be able to prescribe medications?

Medical doctors say it’s dangerous to let non-medically trained psychologists prescribe psychotropics, but advocates think it will help to alleviate the state's mental health crisis

Colorado Behavioral Health Administration releases its 2023 strategic plan

Unifying strategy is "data-driven and puts people first"

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Being gender affirming empowers neighbors and builds mental health

Today’s email signatures include them, they're on name tags and their appropriate usage can make or break someone’s day

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Workgroup addresses closure of state schools for students with intense needs

Specialized Colorado schools that serve students with intense behavioral, mental health and special education needs are closing because they lack funding

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Opinion: What we keep getting wrong about homelessness and mental illness in the U.S.

If a person living on the streets becomes distressed when put in handcuffs, is that due to a mental disorder or does our society suffer from an injustice disorder?

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What Prince Harry’s memoir reveals about ‘complicated grief’ and its long-term impact

"The thought of her, as always, gave me a jolt of hope and a burst of energy and a stab of sorrow."

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Elders, which new doors will you walk through this year?

These elder women demonstrate that now is the time for action and adventure

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Emotional learning through the fine arts, and how it's helping Colorado healthcare workers

By Luke Zarzecki, Colorado Community Media For 20 years, addressing mental health within the healthcare industry circled without emphasis, but that's beginning to change and it’s starting with the fine arts At the Colorado Resiliency Arts Lab (CORAL) at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, a