Colorado for decades has struggled with a shortage of mental health treatment options, but care for one age group in particular is most dire: teenagers. The adolescent mental health epidemic is escalating suicide is now the leading cause of death for Colorado teens and the states emergency departments are inundated with young patients experiencing mental health crises. Parents struggle to find treatment that is somewhere on the scale between weekly visits to a therapist and full-time hospitalization. Continue reading →

A Sioux Falls man is accused of stealing from someone while they were in custody for mental health issues. Continue reading →

Santas "Naughty or Nice List": A way to motivate behavior, codify gift-giving and streamline deliveries. But after a thousand years, the big man is calling time on slotting children into these categories, because the reality is much more nuanced Continue reading →

On Thursday, when I address President Trumps White House Summit on Transforming Mental Health Treatment, I will have in mind 23-year-old Kevin Ramtahal and his victim, 14-year-old Amara Wilks. Why? Continue reading →

Medical care and mental health care are equally important to your overall well-being. Have you considered what next steps youll take to achieve a better quality of both your mental and physical health? In this article, well talk about important and easy things to do to assure better overall wellness for both your mental and physical health Continue reading →

I was lucky enough to talk to Cahalan while she was in St. Louis, where I live, on her book tour. Here, Cahalan discusses her experiences with psychosis, misdiagnosis, and psychiatry in general. Continue reading →

Clark Bacco whips out his harmonica and plays a short tune. Today, music is an icebreaker at the orientation session he's leading in a conference room in Greeley. Continue reading →

A woman said by her daughter to be battling mental illness was taken into custody after she allegedly threatened to shoot employees at the South Texas Blood Bank, court records show. Continue reading →