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Denver launches campaign against mental health stigma
Denver is seeking to eliminate the social stigma around mental health conditions with a new public health campaign. The “What You Say Matters” campaign, which The Denver Department of Public Health and Environment launched on Thursday, aims to encourage Denverites to...
Do You Look After Your Neighbors as Close as Your Crop or Herd?
Aching from a string of farmer suicides and other rural mental health challenges, neighbors in eastern Colorado are learning how to check in on one another. While the idea of informal mental health support is far from new, the need in eastern Colorado was pressing. In...
Federal funding coming to Colorado to support student mental health
Colorado will see more than $9 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Education to help create safer and healthier learning environments for school students. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act designates nearly $1 billion to states in the Southwest and West...
Overdoses, homicides and suicides drove Colorado’s teen death rate up more than 60% over last decade
Colorado high school students were significantly more likely to die in 2020 than in 2010, despite signs that, in many ways, teens are now better off. In 2010, there were about 47 deaths for every 100,000 people between the ages of 15 and 19 in Colorado. By 2020, that...