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’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.

"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 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 

Click here to read the latest CBHC Behavioral Healthcare Update released February 9, 2009! 

"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…

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!

This Press Release from the Office of Colorado First Lady Jeannie Ritter, applaudes the efforts of Colorado Community Mental Health Centers and commends the award winners at the 2008 CBHC Annual Training Conference.  Click  to read the release titled, Colorado’s Mental Health System Honors Innovation, Commitment

Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative (CCGC) will be conducting a free Webinar on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 from 12-1pm MST to present the latest efforts to help individuals with mental illness quit tobacco use.  Also, feel free to visit CCGC, a CME accredited resource for Colorado clinicians, online for more information.  Click here to visit CCGC…

This publication, by Stephen Melek, discusses the challenges presented to our criminal justice system resulting from a lack of appropriate resources in our country to treat mentally ill persons.  Click here to learn more.