Mental & Behavioral Health Jacob Walter grew up on his family’s third-generation cattle ranch in Thatcher, Colo. Walter accessed free counseling sessions through the Colorado Agricultural Addiction and Mental Health Program, an experience he says was “life changing” and helped him process some of the emotions over his father dying by suicide in 2016. Photo by Michael Sweeney / Special to The Colorado Trust Mental & Behavioral Health September 26, 2023 Programs Aim to Reduce Mental Health Care Stigma Among Colorado Farmers and Ranchers By Jenny McCoy Read the full article Mental & Behavioral Health April 10, 2024 As the Opioid Epidemic Worsens in Colorado, Pregnant and Postpartum People Are Dying By Claire Cleveland The leading causes of death among pregnant and postpartum people in Colorado are now suicide and accidental drug overdose. Mental & Behavioral Health April 10, 2024 Colorado Changed its Definition of Child Abuse and Introduced “Plans of Safe Care.” The Impact isn’t Clear. By Claire Cleveland Has a 2020 state law resulted in fewer separations of parents and newborns when substance use is involved? Mental & Behavioral Health April 10, 2024 Inpatient Substance Treatment Centers Can Be Life-Saving for Pregnant People, but There Aren’t Enough Facilities By Claire Cleveland There are only seven inpatient treatment centers for Medicaid-eligible pregnant people in Colorado. Slots at all of them are scarce. Mental & Behavioral Health March 20, 2024 Leaving Foster Care is a Fraught Time for Young Adults By Daliah Singer Historically, “aging out” has led to numerous adverse outcomes, but Colorado is working to expand services and reverse that trend. Mental & Behavioral Health February 29, 2024 The Mental Health Epidemic Afflicting Colorado Construction Workers By Jenny McCoy Construction industry workers are four times more likely to die from suicide than the general population. Mental & Behavioral Health August 11, 2020 The Pandemic Moved Some Substance Treatment Services Online—Possibly Permanently By Daliah Singer Virtual recovery programs have helped improve access to treatment at a time when experts are seeing a rise in alcohol and drug use. Mental & Behavioral Health February 13, 2019 Nicotine Retains Its Grip on Colorado By Michael Booth The inexorable rise of vaping in Colorado has illuminated longstanding disparities in tobacco consumption and marketing practices, especially along age, income and race lines. Mental & Behavioral Health June 22, 2018 Rural Counties Sue Drug Companies for Opioid Addiction Costs By Michael Booth The epidemic’s proportional cost to rural counties in human and fiscal terms is enormous compared to urban areas. Mental & Behavioral Health December 12, 2017 How To Get Well Soon By Kristin Jones In a time of deep divisions, can Colorado lawmakers make progress on health care issues that affect us all? Mental & Behavioral Health March 14, 2017 Denver-Area Detox Services To Be Handed Off, Not Ended By Anna Boiko-Weyrauch Three mental health providers plan to take over Arapahoe House’s detox locations in Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties. Load More Stories Sign up to receive our original stories by email. Email Address English / Inglés Spanish / Español html text Interest Collective Colorado Sign up Close
Jacob Walter grew up on his family’s third-generation cattle ranch in Thatcher, Colo. Walter accessed free counseling sessions through the Colorado Agricultural Addiction and Mental Health Program, an experience he says was “life changing” and helped him process some of the emotions over his father dying by suicide in 2016. Photo by Michael Sweeney / Special to The Colorado Trust Mental & Behavioral Health September 26, 2023 Programs Aim to Reduce Mental Health Care Stigma Among Colorado Farmers and Ranchers By Jenny McCoy Read the full article
Mental & Behavioral Health April 10, 2024 As the Opioid Epidemic Worsens in Colorado, Pregnant and Postpartum People Are Dying By Claire Cleveland The leading causes of death among pregnant and postpartum people in Colorado are now suicide and accidental drug overdose.
Mental & Behavioral Health April 10, 2024 Colorado Changed its Definition of Child Abuse and Introduced “Plans of Safe Care.” The Impact isn’t Clear. By Claire Cleveland Has a 2020 state law resulted in fewer separations of parents and newborns when substance use is involved?
Mental & Behavioral Health April 10, 2024 Inpatient Substance Treatment Centers Can Be Life-Saving for Pregnant People, but There Aren’t Enough Facilities By Claire Cleveland There are only seven inpatient treatment centers for Medicaid-eligible pregnant people in Colorado. Slots at all of them are scarce.
Mental & Behavioral Health March 20, 2024 Leaving Foster Care is a Fraught Time for Young Adults By Daliah Singer Historically, “aging out” has led to numerous adverse outcomes, but Colorado is working to expand services and reverse that trend.
Mental & Behavioral Health February 29, 2024 The Mental Health Epidemic Afflicting Colorado Construction Workers By Jenny McCoy Construction industry workers are four times more likely to die from suicide than the general population.
Mental & Behavioral Health August 11, 2020 The Pandemic Moved Some Substance Treatment Services Online—Possibly Permanently By Daliah Singer Virtual recovery programs have helped improve access to treatment at a time when experts are seeing a rise in alcohol and drug use.
Mental & Behavioral Health February 13, 2019 Nicotine Retains Its Grip on Colorado By Michael Booth The inexorable rise of vaping in Colorado has illuminated longstanding disparities in tobacco consumption and marketing practices, especially along age, income and race lines.
Mental & Behavioral Health June 22, 2018 Rural Counties Sue Drug Companies for Opioid Addiction Costs By Michael Booth The epidemic’s proportional cost to rural counties in human and fiscal terms is enormous compared to urban areas.
Mental & Behavioral Health December 12, 2017 How To Get Well Soon By Kristin Jones In a time of deep divisions, can Colorado lawmakers make progress on health care issues that affect us all?
Mental & Behavioral Health March 14, 2017 Denver-Area Detox Services To Be Handed Off, Not Ended By Anna Boiko-Weyrauch Three mental health providers plan to take over Arapahoe House’s detox locations in Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties.