Preventing Suicide in Colorado – Progress Achieved & Goals for the Future
Mental Health America and the Colorado Trust have jointly release a new study examining suicide rates and trends in Colorado and evaluating the progress of prevention and intervention efforts based on other reports released within the last ten years. To read this publication, click here. This link will also be available in the CBHC Library, listed…
Beyond Parity: Primary Care Physicians’ Perspectives On Access To Mental Health Care
Research and support for the integration of the mental and physical healthcare systems has been on the rise in recent years. The Federal Legislature, as well as many of their state counterparts, are backing legislation creating parity, or equitable insurance benefits, for mental health treatment services. Systems and institutions that have been operating entirely exclusively from eachother, are now learning to…
Depression in Teenagers: Experts Say to Screen All
"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…
Behavioral Health / Primary Care Integration and the Person-Centered Healthcare Home
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.
CBHC Webinars Available in CBHC Online Library!
CBHC’s monthly lunchtime Webinars PowerPoints are available online in the CBHC Library. Our most recent presentation, Criminal Justice 101, has just been added to this archive. Click here to see and listen to the Webinar presentation! Click here to see all of the PowerPoints.
New research shows that 1 in 5 young people self harm.
"According to Stonewall’s Prescription for Change research released in 2008; one in five young lesbian and bisexual women deliberately harmed themselves over the year, compared to 0.4 % of the general population. Also half of LB women under the age of 20 have self harmed compared to one in fifteen teenagers generally." – The Lesbian…
The Children’s Hospital Annual Ethics Conference
The theme of this year’s Children’s Hospital Annual Ethics Conference is, "Ethical Issues in Pediatric Behavioral Healthcare". The Conference will cover a variety of issues including, ethical issues in research, behavioral healthcare access, multiple diagnoses, and more. Click here to view the brochure and get registration information
Behavioral Healthcare Update
Click here to read the latest CBHC Behavioral Healthcare Update released February 9, 2009!
Parity Included in SCHIP Law signed by President Obama
"The House passed legislation to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP) on Wednesday mainly along party lines. SCHIP or HR 2 was passed by the Senate last week and was signed into law by President Obama on February 4." The National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare’s February 5th Public Policy Update includes information…
2009 Annual Mental Health Day at the Capitol
Save the Date! The CBHC 2009 Annual Mental Health Day at the Capitol is taking place on Thursday, February 5th, from 8am-3pm. RSVP to Brian Turner: bturner@cbhc.org by January 15th!