Raleigh CARES staff discuss new crisis diversion call line
Editor’s note: This story mentions suicide and mental health issues. Raleigh has made some big changes to how it handles […]
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Craig’s police shootings, excessive force increasing
CRAIG — Tanner Sholes woke up at his friend’s house at 6 a.m. on Sept. 22, 2023, and started walking
To heal society, we must start with babies | Mental Health Perspectives
The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded
Disability rights groups sue Colorado over assisted suicide law
Four disability rights organizations and a Littleton woman are challenging Colorado’s medical aid-in-dying law, arguing it discriminates against people with
Boy’s death from drinking olive brine could have remained rural Colorado secret (Editorial)
When a malnourished and dehydrated 7-year-old died in Grand County with deadly levels of sodium in his blood, the response
Colorado hits goal for answering 988 crisis line
Colorado’s crisis hotline is coming close to or meeting its goal for answering calls in-state after lagging since 2021. Vibrant
Man charged with attempted murder in Washington Park shooting
A 28-year-old man who allegedly shot a man in the neck in Denver’s Washington Park and fired at another man
Poison control calls about mushrooms increased with more use
Calls to U.S. poison control centers about hallucinogenic mushrooms tripled in five years, even as calls about psychedelics decreased overall.
16th Street Mall stabbing suspect’s path to arrest in Denver
Elijah Caudill, 24. (Provided by Denver Police Department) Five years almost to the day before Denver police say Elijah Caudill stabbed
Mental struggles become the deadliest danger for construction workers
More than 5,000 male construction workers die from suicide annually — five times the number who die from work-related injuries.