substance abuse
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NOONAN | Mental health care is elusive for rural and poor Coloradans
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Free market signals are flashing bright green in suburbs surrounding metro Denver, Boulder, El Paso County, and mountain resort towns. Multiple free-standing emergency rooms and urgent care facilities are popping up in areas where average income is $101,000, according to a Colorado Health Institute (CHI) report. Russian hackers must be disrupting market signals when it…
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Gubernatorial candidates talk mental health, substance abuse at bipartisan forum
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DENVER – A stage full of gubernatorial candidates agreed on the importance of addressing issues surrounding mental health and substance abuse, but some differed sharply on their approaches at a bipartisan forum devoted to the topics on Friday in Denver. “This issue is literally a matter of life and death,” said Andrew Romanoff, president of…
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Mental Health Colorado sets March forum for Colorado’s gubernatorial candidates
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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…
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Out West Roundup: Kids have furry, four-legged friends in New Mexico courts
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New Mexico Kids have furry, four-legged friends in New Mexico courts ALBUQUERQUE – Looking adorable is only part of the job description. Also required is the ability to remain calm in public spaces and to impart that peaceful feeling to others, particularly children. Filling the job openings are Lucy and Kasey 2, golden retrievers who…
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Noonan: Bipartisan bill takes on age of consent for mental health care for children
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Parents generally make medical decisions for their children. A bipartisan House bill addresses at what age children can make mental health care decisions for themselves, lowering the age of consent for a child to receive outpatient therapy from 15 years to 10 years. Bill sponsors cite a 50 percent rise in the occurrence of suicide…
