Need Help?
Mental Health Colorado is an advocacy organization, not a service provider. Please call 911 if you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency.
- I need immediate mental health help
- Colorado Crisis Services: 1-844-493-TALK (8255) or text “TALK” to 38255
- National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
- No-Cost Suicide Prevention Services Across Colorado
- National Eating Disorder Helpline: 1-800-931-2237
- What To Do Do If Denied for Behavioral Health Care
- Parity Violations: What To Look For
- LGBTQ+ Resources
- I need to find services near me
- Colorado Crisis Services: 1-844-493-TALK (8255) or text “TALK” to 38255
- Colorado Wellness Recovery: A free resource for Coloradans considering recovery
- No-Cost Suicide Prevention Services Across Colorado
- Office of Behavioral Health Resources
- Signal Behavioral Health Network (find treatment in your county): 888-607-4462
- Colorado Health First (Medicaid): 1-800-221-3943
- Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners Service Finder
- SAMHSA Treatment Finder
- SAMHSA National Helpline (treatment referral and information service): 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
- Metro Volunteers Pro Bono Mental Health & Counseling Program
- Aging Services
- Depressed Anonymous: Call or text the Colorado leaders (Randy Rohr 720-771-0414 and Mike Blanke 720-256-0961)
- I need to find services for aging adults
- Aging Services
- Telephone Buddy Program: The Colorado Gerontological Society has received funding to continue its Telephone Buddy program through 2022. If you are looking to chat with someone once or twice a week, just to check in for 10-15 minutes, to share ideas or experiences, or to connect virtually, The Society invites you to join the program. It’s a fun program and they are seeing a lot of great relationships evolving. To be a Telephone Buddy or to request a Telephone Buddy, call 303-333-3482 or toll-free 1-855-293-6911.
- I need help with a substance use disorder
- Colorado Crisis Services: 1-844-493-TALK (8255) or text “TALK” to 38255
- Colorado Wellness Recovery: A free resource for Coloradans considering recovery
- Colorado Health First (Medicaid): 1-800-221-3943
- Managed Service Organizations (coordinating substance use services)
- Drug Abuse & Addiction Hotline
- Find Treatment: FindTreatment.Gov
- I need to find resources for veterans
- I need resources to help with trauma of mass violence
- Tips for Survivors of a Disaster or Other Traumatic Event: Managing Stress—This SAMHSA tip sheet gives stress prevention and management tips for dealing with the effects of trauma, mass violence, or terrorism. It lists tips to relieve stress, describes how to know when to seek professional help, and provides accompanying resources.
- Tips for Survivors of a Disaster or Traumatic Event: What To Expect in Your Personal, Family, Work, and Financial Life—In this tip sheet, SAMHSA describes the effects that disasters and other traumatic events can have on survivors in general, and specifically on different parts of their lives. The tip sheet suggests steps to cope with a disaster or other trauma, lists signs of the need for professional mental health and substance use assistance, and identifies resources for additional information and support.
Violence and Trauma-specific Information
- Coping With Grief After Community Violence—This Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) tip sheet introduces some of the signs of grief and anger after an incident of community violence, provides useful information about to how to cope with grief, and offers tips for helping children deal with grief.
- Mass Violence/Community Violence—This SAMHSA Disaster Behavioral Health Information Series installment is a collection of resources about common reactions to incidents of mass violence, community violence, and terrorism; tips for coping with such incidents; and ways to support children and youth in coping.
- The Impact of Disaster and Mass Violence Events on Mental Health— This online article from the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) describes common reactions that disaster survivors may experience. While most reactions lessen over time, some may turn into long-term and severe responses, such as PTSD.
Resources for Children, Youth, Parents and Other Caregivers, and Schools
- Tips for Talking With and Helping Children and Youth Cope After a Disaster or Traumatic Event: A Guide for Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers—This tip sheet can help parents, caregivers, and teachers recognize and address problems in children and teens affected by a disaster. Readers can learn about signs of stress reactions that are common in young survivors at different ages, as well as how to help children through grief.
- Helping Youth After Community Trauma: Tips for Educators—In this 1-page tip sheet, the NCTSN identifies 10 ways in which youth may react to community traumas such as natural or human-caused disasters and suggests ways for educators to respond to these reactions and support youth in coping. The tip sheet also advises educators to find professional mental health support for youth—and for themselves—as needed.
- Parent Guidelines for Helping Youth After the Recent Shooting—In this 3-page tip sheet, the NCTSN describes how a shooting may affect children and teens as well as parents and other caregivers. The tip sheet lists reactions common among people of all ages, offers coping tips for caregivers, and suggests ways for caregivers to support children and youth in coping with their reactions to a shooting. This resource is available in Spanish as well as English.
- I need advice on mental health law
- I have concerns about my health insurance coverage
- Medicaid & Medicare concerns: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing
- Private insurance concerns: Colorado Division of Insurance
- Know your rights for mental health parity
- What To Do If Denied for Behavioral Health Care
- Parity Violations: What To Look For
- Colorado Health Insurance: What You Need to Know
- I need to learn about suicide prevention
- Risk factors and warning signs: The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- What to do to keep someone safe: Harvard School of Public Health and Help Guide
- No-Cost Suicide Prevention Services Across Colorado
- Colorado Office of Suicide Prevention
- Suicide prevention resources for Colorado
- Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices
- I need mental health help for my child
- Pediatric Mental Health Institute at Children’s Hospital: 720-777-6200
- Child Mental Health Treatment Act
- Colorado Crisis Services: 1-844-493-TALK (8255) or text “TALK” to 38255
- National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
- Parents’ and Teachers’ Guide to High Schooler Mental Health
- I need to dispose of prescription medications
- I need help dealing with my mental health at work
- Be Well At Work
- Right Direction: Help for stress and depression in the workplace
- Mental Health and Wellness as a Medical Professional
- How Nurses Can Combat Compassion Fatigue
- I have a loved one with a mental illness and I need support
- I need help coping with grief
- Coping with loss: bereavement and grief
- Coping when a loved one has a serious mental illness
- Support group for suicide attempt survivors
- I need to help myself or my child cope with trauma, stress, or tragedy
- I need back to school help
- I need resources for maternal/postpartum depression
- I need help supporting the mental health of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
- I need Spanish-speaking resources
- I am deaf or hard of hearing and need counseling
- I need Mental Health First Aid training
- I need a Psychiatric Advance Directive
