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April 17, 2014

A new tool in schools’ mental health tool box

Using Crayola markers set on each round table, small groups of adults from the Greeley area — school outreach workers,…

Mental Health, News, School Safety, Youth Mental Health, Youth Mental Health First Aid
April 17, 2014

Gabrielle Giffords: I am Looking to a Safer Future

Today, I am also alarmed by the lack of focus on the recent tragedies at Fort Hood and centers of…

Mental Health, News, School Safety
April 1, 2014

Mall Tragedy Underscores Errors of Mental Health Stigma

It’s been about two months since Columbia experienced the sadness and loss of random public violence. In that attack, 19-year-old…

Mental Health, Mental Health Addictions, Mental Health Stigma, Mental Illness, News, School Safety
March 21, 2014

Light up the dark: Bring mental health first aid to…

One out of four of us has a mental illness,” said Barry Groesch, who works at Linden Oaks Hospital at…

Mental Health, Mental Illness, News, School Safety, Suicide Prevention, Youth Mental Health...
March 18, 2014

Early detection of mental illness is key to recovery

The Columbia Mall tragedy is heart wrenching, terrifying and incomprehensible, and so are last week’s revelations about the shooter (“Police…

Mental Health, Mental Health Addictions, Mental Health First Aid Act, Mental Illness, News, School Safety...
February 14, 2014

School safety: It takes a team

In March, campus security will be the first district staff members to undergo training in “Mental Health First Aid,” a…

Mental Health, Mental Illness, News, School Safety