Category Archives: People

In this section, I hope to inspire and inform you about individuals working both in the system and independently to get help for themselves or their disabled loved ones. Making it a personal struggle to reform our system of support for people with mental disabilities can move people to do what others have done. And while I have, in some cases, changed the names of people to protect their privacy, giving personhood to the dilemma of working through various systems, can reduce the scale of institutional problems and empower people to try harder to manage circumstances for the support or themselves or their loved ones.

NEW IN-PATIENT CARE, ROUTINE TELE-HEALTH, AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT IN COLORADO ACCORDING TO MENTAL HEALTH COLORADO’S MOE KELLER

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…our accommodations to the coronavirus, combined with a re-evaluation of the mental healthcare system in Colorado, are leading to new strategies to treat people with mental illness. As we continue to find our way through the COVID19 pandemic; our accommodations to the coronavirus, combined with … Read More

Former Head Public Defender Urges Decriminalization of Non-Violent Crimes Involving people with Mental Illness

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Criminal proceedings involving the mentally ill could be avoided by handling non-violent offenders in civil court. Jail has become the largest institution housing people with mental illness in Colorado, says the man who led the state public defenders office for more than a decade; and, … Read More