The workforce shortage extends to all of Colorado’s 17 regional community mental health centers the safety net for people without insurance, on Medicaid or who can’t afford to pay for private treatment.
The dire worker shortage in Colorado’s 17 regional community mental health centers means therapists at the centers are overburdened with patients, that people are waiting weeks or even months for appointments, if they get one at all, and that in the midst of a mental health crisis brought on by the isolation and stress of coronavirus, the centers are seeing thousands fewer patients now than they were before the pandemic began.
The dire worker shortage in Colorado’s 17 regional community mental health centers means therapists at the centers are overburdened with patients, that people are waiting weeks or even months for appointments, if they get one at all, and that in the midst of a mental health crisis brought on by the isolation and stress of coronavirus, the centers are seeing thousands fewer patients now than they were before the pandemic began.
The dire worker shortage in Colorado’s 17 regional community mental health centers means therapists at the centers are overburdened with patients, that people are waiting weeks or even months for appointments, if they get one at all, and that in the midst of a mental health crisis brought on by the isolation and stress of coronavirus, the centers are seeing thousands fewer patients now than they were before the pandemic began.