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Mind Springs Health Joins Vail Health on Eagle County Behavioral Health Transformation

June 6, 2019

West Springs Hospital’s Covington Honored as Colorado Health Care Star

May 31, 2019

Amongst the many dedicated and talented Colorado hospital professionals, a few stand above the rest in their ability to make a true impact in their hospital and community. The new West Springs Hospital is proud to announce that Holly Covington RN PhD PMHNP FNP CNS has been honored as one of this year’s elite Colorado […]

Mind Springs Health Honored With 2019 Sherman Award

May 17, 2019

Mind Springs Health, the largest provider of mental health and addiction treatment on the western slope, is proud to accept the prestigious 2019 Sherman Award for Excellence in Patient Engagement for its Phase-based Care program. The honor is conferred annually by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Lucian Leape Institute and Taylor Healthcare on behalf of […]

May is National Mental Health Month

Letter to Editor

May 15, 2019

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and this May we also have a report of yet another school shooting in a Denver suburb. This May, Mind Springs Health/West Springs Hospital reminds people to take care of your own mental health just as you do your physical or dental health. Make it precious, because it […]

Moving Towards

May 8, 2019

Do you remember ‘super balls’? These small, concentrated spheres of rubber zigzagged erratically when they hit something, and catching them was a comedic effort. This is how the emotional dance I engaged in with anxiety and depression looked. This dance, however, didn’t happen right away. Before, it was a chaotic dance which spun randomly with […]

Build On Your Personal Strengths And Multiply Your Happy

May 1, 2019

Appreciation of Beauty & Excellence. Bravery. Creativity. Curiosity. Fairness. Forgiveness. These are some of the many kinds of character strengths we all possess, in differing levels of course! With May as Mental Health Awareness month it’s a great time to embrace your strengths, and the 7th Annual ‘Multiply Your Happy’ is a fun and easy […]

New Walk-in Mental Health Crisis Center Set to Open in Frisco

April 22, 2019

There’s a new mental health resource in the county. On Wednesday afternoon the new Summit Safe Haven Walk-in Crisis Center opened its doors for the first time to provide community members with a preview of the facility. The center, located in the Frisco medical office building next to St. Anthony Summit Medical Center, will provide […]

New Roaring Fork Valley Leaders Welcomed By Mind Springs Health

April 2, 2019

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo., April 2, 2019………..Mind Springs Health, the largest provider of mental health and addiction treatment on the western slope, is proud to name Lance Nabers LPC and Hans Lutgring MSW as Program Directors for our Aspen and Glenwood Springs practices, respectively. Nabers, most recently Chief Behavioral Health officer for a federally-qualified health center […]

Becoming a First Responder for Mental Health

March 27, 2019

Many people have attended CPR or First Aid classes given by the American Red Cross and gained the skills to help someone in a time of need. There is a certification course for mental health issues called Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) which can give you the tools to assist someone experiencing a mental health […]

The new West Springs Hospital Since Accepting Patients Dec 2018

March 1, 2019

New Hospital Impact on Patients and Staff: Brought to Tears: On Patient Moving Day, a male patient moving from the old hospital into the new one stopped, began looking at the new space, and started to cry. The nurse with him asked him why and he told her it was because he was so shocked […]

An Exceptional Career Opportunity

Mind Springs Health Joins Vail Health on Eagle County Behavioral Health Transformation Jun 6

West Springs Hospital’s Covington Honored as Colorado Health Care Star May 31

Mind Springs Health Receives National Innovation Award for Phase-based Care Model May 21

THE NEW WEST SPRINGS HOSPITAL