Mental Health & Trauma

Why domestic violence calls are surging for Asian American women amid the pandemic

The rise comes even as factors such as culture, racism, poverty and immigration status often make it harder for Asian American women to seek help.

Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Domestic Violence, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

Paris Hilton is campaigning to shut down Provo Canyon School, a Utah facility for troubled teens she attended in the 1990s. Hilt

Paris Hilton creates petition to shut down Provo Canyon School

Celebrity Paris Hilton says she is now on a mission to reform the troubled teen industry. Her first target: Provo Canyon School, the Utah facility she attended in the 1990s where she says she was physically and emotionally abused.

Mental Health, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

Colorado’s Safe2Tell reports 4% rise in suicide tips last school year as overall volume fell during pandemic

State attorney general for first time provides more detailed data on what happens after anonymous tips are made.

Mental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety

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‘They literally have to hide again.’ LGBTQ youth suffer growing despair as COVID-19 drags on

After coming out as gay or transgender, many young people are cut off from friends during the pandemic and trapped in homes where nobody accepts them.

Mental Health

Buses head out on their morning routes at the Greeley-Evans School District 6 Fleet Maintenance Center in Greeley Aug. 19, 2020.

Youth suicide rates during the pandemic foreshadow what experts say will be a 'tsunami of need'

The number of suicides among young Coloradans remains unchanged during the coronavirus pandemic compared to previous years, but school and health officials expect to soon see a “tsunami of need” for mental health care.

Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

Jennifer, left, and her daughter Elizabeth, right, are pictured in their backyard on Feb. 23, 2020. Police were dispatched twice

Teens increasingly turn to Safe2Tell for suicide, mental health emergencies. But Colorado doesn’t track what happens next.

The Denver Post finds that a lack of data collection and a state law restricting the release of information mean there’s little public accountability about what happens after authorities respond to crisis line tips.

Mental Health, Patient Safety and Ethics

What Colorado can learn from a neighboring state’s new approach to stopping youth suicide

“One of the real advantages that we think that we provide is the reduction of law enforcement response,” said Diana Schmidt, manager of Safe2Help Nebraska. “It’s like a whole safety net as opposed to sending law enforcement, (which) is always a last resort for us.”

Mental Health, Community Safety

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Mental Health & Trauma

Why domestic violence calls are surging for Asian American women amid the pandemic

Paris Hilton creates petition to shut down Provo Canyon School

Colorado’s Safe2Tell reports 4% rise in suicide tips last school year as overall volume fell during pandemic

‘They literally have to hide again.’ LGBTQ youth suffer growing despair as COVID-19 drags on

Youth suicide rates during the pandemic foreshadow what experts say will be a 'tsunami of need'

Teens increasingly turn to Safe2Tell for suicide, mental health emergencies. But Colorado doesn’t track what happens next.

What Colorado can learn from a neighboring state’s new approach to stopping youth suicide

The Denver Post's Editor's Note on Jessica Seaman's new project 'Crisis Point'

Part 3: Addressing a lack of culturally sensitive healthcare for Cambodian and Vietnamese communities in O.C.

Part 2: Provo Canyon School’s history of abuse accusations spans decades, far beyond Paris Hilton