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Concerns about kids’ safety at Grand Junction psych hospital prompt state actions

By Susan Greene | Colorado News Collaborative Colorado’s new Behavioral Health Administration shut down part of the Western Slope’s only psychiatric hospital on Wednesday in response to complaints about the quality and safety of the care it gives teenagers and kids as young as seven. Also Wednesday, the Department of[Read More…]

September 30, 2022 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Whistleblowers say they falsified patient records at Mind Springs Health

RBC | A troubled Western Slope mental health care center falsified assessments of its patients’ conditions for at least nine years in an effort to make its treatment programs seem more effective and secure funding from the state, whistleblowers say. The state overlooked what former workers describe as a long[Read More…]

May 18, 2022 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Investigation into Mind Springs reveals ‘severe, life-threatening’ prescription errors

RBC I A pattern of “severe, life-threatening” prescription errors by the troubled mental health center responsible for treating 10 Western Slope counties put many of its patients at risk, according to the findings of an official investigation that three state agencies withheld from the public for more than nine months.[Read More…]

March 23, 2022 by Special to the Herald Times 1 comment

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Mind Springs CEO Raggio resigns, effective immediately

RBC I CEO and President of Mind Springs Health Sharon Raggio announced her resignation Tuesday, Jan. 4, “effective immediately” after 14 years at the helm of the organization. She had been planning to retire in June 2022, but made the decision to leave early following statewide media coverage by the[Read More…]

January 5, 2022 by editor Comments are Disabled

The trouble with Mind Springs

Two counties are breaking from their mental health provider. Others are taking notes. By SUSAN GREENE Colorado News Collaborative This investigation is part of the ongoing “On Edge” series about Colorado’s mental health by the Colorado News Collaborative, the nonprofit that unites more than 160 communities and news outlets to[Read More…]

December 22, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times 1 comment

The mental health workforce shortage

This investigation is part of the ongoing “On Edge” series about Colorado’s mental health by the Colorado News Collaborative, the nonprofit that unites more than 160 communities and news outlets like ours to ensure quality news for all Coloradans. The series title reflects a state that has the nation’s highest[Read More…]

December 15, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

State mental health safety net is failing Coloradans

Will planned reforms fix or further the problems? This investigation is part of the ongoing “On Edge” series about Colorado’s mental health by the Colorado News Collaborative, the nonprofit that unites more than 160 communities and news outlets like ours to ensure quality news for all Coloradans. The series title[Read More…]

December 8, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Colorado’s shadow epidemic: heightened anxiety, depression are testing families, communities and Colorado’s already-frayed mental health safety nets

RBC | On Denver’s west side, an elderly man had been managing his solitude just fine until the pandemic hit, taking with it what social life he had and leaving in its place a loneliness he had not felt for years. Not far from his house, a young woman fights[Read More…]

December 12, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled