West Central Mental Health Center Named 2009 Winner of CBHC Golden Light Bulb Award

Posted on Jan 14, 2010

West Central Mental Health Center was selected as the 2009 Winner of the CBHC Golden Light Bulb Award for Excellence in the Clinical Arena at this fall’s CBHC Annual Training Conference in Breckenridge, Colorado.  Click here to read an article in the Daily Recorder and to learn more about their Parnters in Care Program. 

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LINKING YOU to Important Kids’ Behavioral Health News

Posted on Jan 11, 2010

The Colorado Center for Systems Integration (CSI) puts together a monthly newsletter providing updates for kid’s behavioral health news from a rich variety of sources.  This month’s updates come from: Building Bridges for Children’s Mental Health Colorado LINKS for Mental Health Colorado System of Care Collaborative Colorado Youth Development Team Click here to read the [...]

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Senior Reach Needs Your Vote!

Posted on Dec 4, 2009

Senior Reach, the collaborative program with Jefferson Center for Mental Health, Seniors’ Resource Center, and The Mental Health Center Serving Boulder and Broomfield Counties, is a finalist in the Ashokas Changemakers and Robert Wood Johnson Foundations "Rethinking Mental Health: Improving Community Wellbeing" international competition…this program is one of 12 finalists IN THE WORLD!!!   Please take a [...]

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New Preferred Drug List Now Available

Posted on Jun 1, 2009

The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing is now posting the new Preferred Drug List (PDL) that becomes effective July 1, 2009.  This PDL applies to Medicaid fee-for-service clients.  It does not apply to clients enrolled in Rocky Mountain Health HMO or Denver Health Medicaid Choice.  To view the new PDL, CLICK HERE.

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Depression in Teenagers: Experts Say to Screen All

Posted on Apr 10, 2009

"About half of all mental illnesses arise by age 14. A new guideline asks pediatricians to be on alert."  This article from the U.S. News and World Report, by Lindsay Lyon, draws further attention to a newly highlighted importance on screening youths between 12 and 18 for signs of mental illness, after increasing evidence demonstrates the [...]

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Behavioral Health / Primary Care Integration and the Person-Centered Healthcare Home

Posted on Apr 9, 2009

The National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare recently published a detailed paper addressing the relationship between mental and physical healthcare and the importance of integration of these two systems.  Click here to read this publication This paper is also available in the CBHC Online Library. under the Healthcare Integration/Coordination link. 

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