Mental Health Colorado

Mental Health Colorado advocates for the more than one million Coloradans who experience a mental health or substance use disorder each year. We engage policymakers, providers, the public, and the press to promote early intervention, expand access to affordable services, and eradicate stigma and discrimination. Our efforts range from the Capitol to the classroom. OUR PRIORITIES *Increase the availability of mental health services for children and adolescents *Reduce the suicide rate in Colorado *Enforce and strengthen laws requiring insurance companies to provide equal coverage for mental and physical care *Expand mental health and substance use treatment capacity *Ensure people with severe mental illness and substance use disorders receive additional support *Ensure women receive mental health and substance use services during and after pregnancy OUR INITIATIVES Get screened Share your story Join the Brain Wave Mental Health Colorado, incorporated in 1953.

http://www.mentalhealthcolorado.org