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A colorful illustration of an Indigenous Black woman & an Indigenous Brown woman facing each other in their finery

Healing generational trauma requires a holistic, interconnected approach

For Black and Indigenous communities, it takes more than therapy and medication to tackle mental illness – a holistic approach is essential

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CSU one of first schools in nation to add mental health experts to campus police department

Behavioral health practitioner works with campus police to provide support on scene

'Like giving a child a hug': Children's Hospital opens new behavioral health center

New facility consolidates therapy programs and offers partial in-patient treatment

A school bus and police SUV are parked in front of a school in Larimer County

Mental health clinicians respond with school resource officers in northern Colorado

Thompson School District pairs co-responding teams inside schools

How to tell your partner about your mental health diagnosis

How to tell your partner about your mental health diagnosis

Sharing such intimate information is scary, but taking the risk is worth it on many levels

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Bipartisan support for increased mental healthcare

Legislators and candidates alike have promised to make mental healthcare available for everyone in Colorado

New funding allows for free behavioral health counseling in Silverton

Any community member is eligible for services at no cost, thanks to a federal grant

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Neighbor Voices: It's time to treat mental health as brain health

Lifelong Coloradan discusses her views on the perceptions and stigma surrounding mental health

Majority of parents think schools should allow mental health days—Colorado already does

Colorado is one of a growing number of states who recognize the benefit of students taking mental health days

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Your mental health: don't give up!

Anxiety management advice from someone with lived experience

Deer’s Breath of Every Color

"Deer's Breath of Every Color," a poem by Max Early

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Neighbor voices: Parents of severely mentally ill strive to change Colorado's broken system

In a state that’s floundering when it comes to caring for adults with severe mental illness, a weekly online discussion provides respite and a call for change.

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What happens when mental health crisis responders connect with rural residents

By Tony Leys and Arielle Zoints, Kaiser Health News Rural communities from Iowa to South Dakota to Colorado are rethinking who they send as first responders to help those in a mental health crisis Jeff White knows what can happen when 911 dispatchers receive a call about someone who feels

Eagle Valley community shares stories of resilience and recovery at 'This Is My Brave'

Seven people with the lived experience of mental illness, suicidality and addiction use various mediums to share their stories in Edwards

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Combining stories and science provides insights on migrant mental health

For many scientists, communicating their research involves turning data into stories. For Laura Vargas, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, her data arrives as stories.

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Lived Experience: What I wish I had known before I stopped taking antidepressants, and before I started

Author and safe "de-prescribing" advocate Brooke Siem describes her unexpectedly disturbing journey coming off an anti-depressant cocktail

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Changemakers & Thrivers

Changemaker: Best-selling author shares her journey toward valuing herself

Coloradan and best-selling novelist Kali Fajardo-Anstine learned to set goals and believe in herself and her Latino community to fulfill her dream

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How do we decrease the number of jail suicides and does the public care enough to act?

Jail suicides have been an overlooked national crisis for years. America needs to start learning from them in order to address the underlying problems that are causing so much needless death.

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US military commanders address mental health to contain suicide surge

Military suicides have occurred so often, top commanders are taking notice

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Protect elders by looking for mental health warning signs and planning ahead

Elders may be at increased risk for suicidality, but caregivers can help them stay safe By Walker Tisdale III, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), older adulthood is a time of high risk for suicide. Collectively, caregivers of elders,

Free youth mental health counseling service underutilized in the Yampa Valley

Colorado BHA's free 6-session counseling service for youth is available statewide, but few young people in Yampa Valley use it.

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Colorado opts out of federal program to survey teen behavior as youth mental health worsens

Mental health experts worry that not participating will make it more difficult to track behaviors signaling poor mental health By Kaiser Health News As the pandemic worsened the mental health crisis among America’s young people, a small group of states, including Colorado, quietly withdrew from the nation’s largest

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Suicide prevention work tends to be ‘below the water line’

Centennial prevention program manager says much of her work is with young people and adults don’t see it By Jeff Rice, Sterling Journal-Advocate “We’re building below the water line.” That’s how Maranda Miller described ongoing efforts at suicide prevention by the Centennial Mental Health Center. Miller, who

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Durango Fire awaits new ambulance for mental health-related transports

Durango Fire puts many miles on their long-transport, mental health ambulance. The new one will go into service immediately when it arrives.

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If you can’t have a pet, have a plant

People with green thumbs and neuroscientists agree: houseplants provide satisfaction, improved mental health and confidence.