The Colorado Department of Human Services oversees mental health and substance abuse initiatives and programs throughout the state of Colorado. The department’s Office of Behavioral Health develops policy, coordinates state-wide efforts and monitors existing mental health programs. The department’s comm...
For instance, the Colorado Department of Human Services and the Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy & Financing’s joint agency interoperability efforts will enable cross-agency information sharing through data standardization, officials said. Additionally, the Office of Behavioral Health wil...
Peak View Behavioral Health Hospital offers psychiatric care for adolescents, adults, and seniors in need of mental health care.
Peak View Behavioral Health Hospital offers psychiatric care for adolescents, adults, and seniors in need of mental health care.
There is a lot of evidence of the therapeutic effect of play, and that is especially true for people with behavioral and mental health concerns. Highlands Behavior Health System (HBHS) has established an Experiential Therapy Department that uses play in all forms as a creative, evidence-based.....
Charles Smith, Department of Behavioral Health deputy director, notes that the state is still analyzing the impact of the stimulus package under the bill called American Reinvestment and Recovery Act as it is expecting to get $1.97 billion.
CO's CURE Funding This initiative was made possible byState Opioid Responsefederal grant funding administered by the Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health.
There is a lot of evidence of the therapeutic effect of play, and that is especially true for people with behavioral and mental health concerns. Highlands Behavior Health System (HBHS) has established an Experiential Therapy Department that uses play in all forms as a creative, evidence-based.....
At University Hospital, which closed its psychiatric department six years ago, about 750 people per month—or 10 percent of visitors to the emergency department—come for mental health reasons. Colorado law mandates that hospitals can’t turn away someone who is suicidal, homicidal or so “gravely...
To serve the state’s growing need for immediate access to behavioral health resources, the Colorado Department of Human Services was launching a mental health crisis hotline and an accompanying network of regional crisis centers. Cactus was hired to create the new brand and build awareness, but ...