Mental & Behavioral Health

A growing number of initiatives support a population of Coloradans who are especially prone to mental health challenges but unlikely to seek help.

Virtual recovery programs have helped improve access to treatment at a time when experts are seeing a rise in alcohol and drug use.

The inexorable rise of vaping in Colorado has illuminated longstanding disparities in tobacco consumption and marketing practices, especially along age, income and race lines.

The epidemic’s proportional cost to rural counties in human and fiscal terms is enormous compared to urban areas. 

In a time of deep divisions, can Colorado lawmakers make progress on health care issues that affect us all?

Three mental health providers plan to take over Arapahoe House’s detox locations in Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties.

Pairing medication with counseling is an increasingly accepted approach for treating opioid abuse, but some rural Colorado residents struggle to access the treatment. Some seek to change that.

In theory, access to naloxone, the opioid reversal medication, is as simple as visiting the pharmacy or calling the police. In reality, it’s not quite so easy.

As drug overdoses reach epidemic proportions nationwide, a hotspot has emerged in a swath of southern Colorado, straining local resources.