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Colorado's Shadow Epidemic: Heightened Anxiety, Depression Testing Families, Communities

Colorado was in poor shape to handle 2020’s confluence of crises. This year’s heightened mental health needs have run headlong into a complex, ever-shifting constellation of decades-old challenges: the state’s higher-than-average prevalence of high-risk mental health conditions; a backlog of demand caused by a thicket of red tape among state agencies and private insurers; a behavioral health workforce shortage compounded by low rates of psychiatrists and psychologists who accept public or private insurance;
cultural stigma; and slow public and political recognition that mental health is as important as physical health.

For communities of color that have a history of trauma and lack of access to health care, the need has been especially acute. ....

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On Edge: Colorado's shadow epidemic: Heightened anxiety, depression are testing families, communities and Colorado's already-frayed safety nets

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Betty Torres, 38, of Denver, walks at Garfield Lake Park in Denver one afternoon. Torres was diagnosed and hospitalized with COVID-19 back in March and has mostly recovered, but lost her grandfather to the virus and had it work its way through her entire family. Torres was scared to leave the house for a while after struggling to overcome COVID for fear of being exposed again.
By Tina Griego
Colorado News Collaborative
On Denver’s west side, an elderly man had been managing his solitude just fine until the pandemic hit, taking with it what social life he had and leaving in its place a loneliness he had not felt for years. ....

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Colorado's Shadow Epidemic: Heightened Anxiety, Depression Are Testing Families, Communities and Colorado's Already-frayed Safety Nets

Colorado’s Shadow Epidemic: Heightened Anxiety, Depression Are Testing Families, Communities and Colorado’s Already-frayed Safety Nets
Colorado’s Shadow Epidemic: Heightened Anxiety, Depression Are Testing Families, Communities and Colorado’s Already-frayed Safety Nets
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Whatever you’re going through, crisis counselors and professionally trained peer specialists are available to help. Call the Colorado Crisis Service hotline at 1-844-493-TALK(8255). There is no wrong reason to reach out.
By Tina Griego and Susan Greene
Colorado News Collaborative
On Edge
On Denver’s west side, an elderly man had been managing his solitude just fine until the pandemic hit, taking with it what social life he had and leaving in its place a loneliness he had not felt for years. ....

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Anxiety, depression test Colorado's mental health system

This year's series of crises have led to an increase in Coloradans seeking behavioral health help, causing the system to struggle with backlogs and more. ....

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