Tag: diversus health
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Children’s Hospital Colorado and Healthier Colorado launch new plan to improve youth mental health system
Five years after declaring a “state of emergency” on youth mental health, leaders of Children’s Hospital Colorado are continuing to draw attention to what the nonprofit system still labels as a “crisis.” Anxiety, which, if left untreated, can lead to depression and mood disorders, is prevalent among teens, as are eating disorders, various addictions, and more…
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Colorado Springs’ LGBTQ community faces post-election stress, uncertainty about the future
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or chat live at 988lifeline.org. Uncertainty about the future and concern about past attitudes have created post-election stress for many members of the LGBTQ+ community,…
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Colorado Springs’ LGBTQ community faces post-election stress, uncertainty about the future
If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or chat live at 988lifeline.org. Uncertainty about the future and concern about past attitudes have created post-election stress for many members of the LGBTQ+ community, according to mental health professionals. Lauren Slye, vice president of…
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‘First-of-its-kind’ program inspires Colorado Springs high school students to explore mental health careers
Laughter yoga, feel-good mental health tricks encourage students to pursue the career path
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Uncivil discourse: Tips from experts to avoid verbal venom and poisoned posts
As the Nov. 5 presidential election draws closer, what appears to be another season of verbal venom has returned. Though the attempted assignation of former President Donald Trump on July 13 led to public outcry for more harmonious interplay between this year’s presidential candidates and allies — which initially resulted in some egregious ads being…
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Uncivil discourse: Tips from experts to avoid verbal venom and poisoned posts
As the Nov. 5 presidential election draws closer, what appears to be another season of verbal venom has returned. Though the attempted assignation of former President Donald Trump on July 13 led to public outcry for more harmonious interplay between this year’s presidential candidates and allies — which initially resulted in some egregious ads being…
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Uncivil discourse: Tips from experts to avoid verbal venom and poisoned posts
As the Nov. 5 presidential election draws closer, what appears to be another season of verbal venom has returned. Though the attempted assignation of former President Donald Trump on July 13 led to public outcry for more harmonious interplay between this year’s presidential candidates and allies — which initially resulted in some egregious ads being removed —…
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Uncivil discourse: Tips from experts to avoid verbal venom and poisoned posts
As the Nov. 5 presidential election draws closer, what appears to be another season of verbal venom has returned. Though the attempted assignation of former President Donald Trump on July 13 led to public outcry for more harmonious interplay between this year’s presidential candidates and allies — which initially resulted in some egregious ads being removed —…
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Diversus Health provides free counseling to LGBTQ+ community and Club Q survivors
Local Pride festivities recognizing all things LGBTQ+ came last weekend and went for another year, but Diversus Health in Colorado Springs is continuing to offer free individual counseling, peer support and a support group for survivors of the mass shooting at Club Q on Nov. 19, 2022, as well as the queer community in general.…
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Contentious back-and-forth follows miscommunication, grant denial for NAMI Colorado Springs
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After what El Paso County Sheriff Joe Roybal described as a miscommunication, the National Alliance on Mental Illness Colorado Springs will not receive funding for a school-based addiction prevention program. The Region 16 Opioid Abatement Council granted and then revoked almost $40,000 in grant funding during its April meeting that NAMI Colorado Springs had expected…