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RBC | May is Mental Health Awareness Month (MHAM). Observed since 1949, MHAM exists to help address mental health struggles that many Americans face, to educate people about resources available to them, and to reduce stigma around seeking support. This year, Governor Jared Polis is proclaiming the month of May as Mental Health Awareness Month

Colorado lawmakers are set to approve a budget that would expand a decades-old Medicaid rule that limits hospital treatment for patients with mental illnesses.

The legislation takes aim at the backlog of defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial, creating a diversion program for those accused of low-level crimes

Patient and facilitator safety will be top of mind for Colorado mental health professionals when the state begins to distribute psilocybin next year.

The closure of Delta-based Integrated Insight Community Care illuminates the struggle of finding behavioral health care in rural Colorado

A new bill that is under consideration in the state Senate aims to create a higher standard of care for eating disorder care facilities in Colorado.

Eating disorder survivors said treatment isn't always helpful, but a new bill would establish standards of care for treatment. Denver Aurora Colorado resources.

The coming legislation, which will debut early next year when lawmakers reconvene, would require providers to follow specific requirements around weigh-ins, the use of feeding tubes and isolation, and to offer gender-appropriate accommodations.

Colorado legislators will propose new regulations for eating disorder treatment providers in the coming months, amid calls from advocates and patients to crack down on practices that one legislator labeled "barbaric."

Colorado's police and courts are not designed to help mentally ill people and the court system lands sick people in jail when they need help.