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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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Marrie Hibbard estimates that in seven out of every 10 of her shifts at St. Mary’s Medical Center, she has to spend some of her time looking for a bed in a psychiatric hospital on the Front Range for a patient. The psychiatric social worker said finding beds for patients going through a mental health […]
