The COVID public health emergency created a spike in the adoption of a wide range of telehealth services, and Coloradans are continuing to access mental health care remotely, according to new analysis by the Center for Improving Value in Health Care. Cari Frank, vice president of communications at the center, said telehealth is also helping address the current shortage of mental-health providers practicing in Colorado. "And so telehealth enables people to get access so that they aren t having to go to a physical location," Frank explained. " .
July is national minority mental health awareness month, spotlighting the unique struggles in health care settings for communities for color in the United States. Dr. Trenton James is a psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente in Seattle. .
Nearly one in five people in the U.S. live with a mental illness, according to the National Institute of Mental Health - but a new program underway in Colorado s third largest city is helping people recover faster, by keeping patients engaged in their own treatment. Amber Olson - clinical director and psychologist at Aurora Mental Health and Recovery - said the program, which tracks a patient s progress in real time, allows providers to make adjustments when treatment is not working. .