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Thousands of Colorado Patients Put in Peril Due to Risky Prescribing of Psych Medicine

May 16, 2022

Gene Estes implored his son, Shayn, to go to the emergency room that day, fearful he was having another reaction to his psychiatric medication. Shayn was forgetful, dropping things throughout

State Hid Findings of “Life-Threatening” Errors at Troubled Mental Health Center

Mar 20, 2022

A pattern of “severe, life-threatening” prescription errors by the troubled mental health center responsible for treating 10 Western Slope counties put many of its patients at risk, according to the

Our Community Mental Health Centers Are Broken. The State Wants To Give Them Millions More.

Dec 17, 2021

For more than three years now, Gazette reporters have been tracking the crisis in mental health care in Colorado. In a nutshell, our system is broken.