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THE STATE OF MENTAL HEALTH
DENVER - What will it take to make Colorado a leader in treating and preventing mental health and substance use disorders? We want to hear from our gubernatorial candidates. Andrew Romanoff, Mental Health Colorado President and CEO, discusses the upcoming Gubernatorial Forum. Watch the full interview here. For more information and tickets, go to mentalhealthcolorado.org/governor2018.
MENTAL HEALTH COLORADO SETS MARCH FORUM FOR COLORADO’S GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES
By: Ernest Luning - Colorado Politics
DENVER - The Colorado Capitol is pictured on a sunny day in this May 2016 file photo. (Photo by Ernest Luning/Colorado Politics)
The nonpartisan Mental Health Colorado is conducting its inaugural forum for gubernatorial candidates on March 23, the nonprofit’s president and CEO, former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, announced this week.
“We’re inviting the contenders for Colorado’s top job to tell us how they would improve care for people with mental health and substance use disorders,” Romanoff said in the invitati...
HERE’S WHY ADVOCATES WANT COLORADO STUDENTS TO ASK THE QUESTIONS AT A CANDIDATE FORUM ON MENTAL HEALTH
By: Ann Schimke, Chalkbeat Colorado --
When seven candidates for governor take the stage at a Denver forum on mental health next month, they’ll answer questions from Colorado residents who may still have braces and learner’s permits.
Students, that is.
Leaders of Mental Health Colorado, the advocacy group organizing the candidate forum on March 23, say they’re soliciting student questions because many young people already understand the impact of mental health problems.
“Kids are in some ways the best champions because they’re the closest to this ...
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE FORUM TO DISCUSS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY
DENVER, KKTV - Do you have questions for the next Colorado governor about how they would tackle the issue of mental health? The non-profit group 'Mental Health Colorado' is holding the state's first-ever gubernatorial forum on mental health and substance use disorders.
The forum will take place March 23 from 11:30 am to 1 pm at the PPA Event Center in Denver.
The gubernatorial candidates will answer questions from students, staff and the public. If you are a student and you have a question you want to ask, send it the following email address: deargovernor@mentalhe...
DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE
DENVER - Are there disparities in access to mental health care? We're talking with Andrew Romanoff, the President and CEO of Mental Health Colorado. Watch the interview here
Originally appeared on 9News Denver
DEPUTY TRAGEDIES SPUR REMINDER OF COLORADO MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINE
By Jakob Rodgers, The Gazette
An easily accessible resource is available for anyone struggling to deal with the drumbeat of shootings across the Front Range.
The state's hotline for anyone facing a mental health crisis - no matter the circumstances - can be reached at 844-493-8255 or by texting the word "TALK" to 38255.
Colorado Crisis Services established the phone line more than three years ago as part of a statewide push to bolster mental health services after the 2012 Aurora theater shootings.
On Monday, the leader of Mental Health Colorado reminded ...
MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES ENCOURAGE OFFICERS TO SEEK HELP FOLLOWING LINE OF DUTY DEATHS
By Andy Koen, KOAA
COLORADO SPRINGS - The death of a coworker is traumatic. For Colorado law enforcement agencies, it's happened with tremendous frequency this year.
It's one reason why mental health advocates want to get the word out that it's okay to reach out for help.
"We're encouraging folks, including officers to seek counseling," said Andrew Romanoff, President and CEO of Mental Health Colorado. "It's one of the reasons Colorado has set up a 24/7 counseling and crisis call line."
He points out that State lawmakers updated the Workers Compensation Act ...
IN ADDRESSING EAGLE COUNTY’S MENTAL HEALTH CARE VOID, PROGRESS IS SLOW, BUT STEADY
By Matt Bloom - KUNC MORNING EDITION, January 30, 2018
At a public health meeting in Eagle County, where frustrated mothers sat next to uniformed sheriff’s deputies and tired doctors, Chris Lindley, the county’s public health director, tried to wrap his head around how things could have gotten so bad.
“I can promise you nobody in this room can tell the rest of us all the mental health services, systems, how someone gets into them and how they all work together,” he said. “Can anybody describe ...
OPIOID CRISIS: STATE LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE SEVERAL BILLS
DENVER - State lawmakers introduce a series of bills to combat the opioid crisis in Colorado. 7News takes a closer look at the proposals.
MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS EXPLAIN ‘M1 HOLD’
BY KRISTIN HAUBRICH
DENVER -- Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said he plans to tackle the mental health issues in the county and the state after the deadly shooting on New Year’s Eve in Highlands Ranch.
Newly released body camera video from the ambush shows deputies Zackari Parrish and Taylor Davis were going to place an M1 hold on Matthew Riehl because he was going through a manic episode.
Under Colorado law, if someone is mentally ill and an imminent danger to themselves or others, officers have the right to take them into custody and place them in a ...
