Here you’ll find mentions of Mind Springs Health and West Springs Hospital in the media, as well as our latest news releases and announcements. Find news articles below, or check out all of our blog posts.
“Out of the Shadows” is an in-depth, six-week reporting series by the Steamboat Pilot & Today. Mind Springs Health is proud to have contributed to a number of the articles within the series. Part 1: Crisis of care: What mental health looks like in Routt County Part 2: The spectrum of suicide: Routt County […]
After over a year of the pandemic, there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel. Cases of COVID are going down as people get vaccinated and things are starting to reopen. Many people are seeing friends and family again after a year or more apart. But how are people doing when […]
The National Council for Mental Wellbeing has bestowed its prestigious awards on a select group of individuals and organizations that made outstanding contributions to help people recover from mental illness and substance use disorders over the past year. The National Council presented its Awards of Excellence last week during NatCon21, held virtually May 3-5 due […]
West Springs Hospital, a 64-bed psychiatric hospital located in Grand Junction, Colorado, has announced that the Hospital’s top administrator and executive vice president, Kim Boe, is retiring after nearly 12 years of dedicated service. Brandi Kroese, who previously served as director of operations, will now take on the role of vice president, overseeing hospital operations. […]
The East Troublesome fire may be contained, but the emotional impact the fire has had on local residents may linger. And for some residents, the true impacts of the fire on their mental well-being may not surface for weeks or months from now. Understanding that everyone manages trauma in their own way, Mind Springs Health […]
Mind Springs Health, the largest provider of mental health and addiction treatment in western Colorado, is pleased to announce that Frank P. James MD, JD, DFASAM, FACLM has joined the organization as outpatient medical director. Dr. James brings a broad range of experience to Mind Springs Health, having recently served as president of Behavioral Health […]
Mind Springs Health, the largest provider of mental health and addiction treatment in Western Colorado, is pleased to announce that Kayla Bailey has recently joined the organization as Program Director in Pitkin County. Kayla will oversee operations at the Aspen office, located at 0405 Castle Creek Road. Kayla brings a depth of experience to the […]
With numerous wildfires happening throughout the state, many Coloradoans are feeling emotional distress – especially in a time when anxiety and depression are already heightened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to help alleviate some of the stress residents in Western Colorado are feeling, Mind Springs Health is encouraging anyone who needs someone to […]
Mind Springs Health, the largest provider of mental health and addiction treatment in Western Colorado, is pleased to announce that Dr. Patrick Sassoon, M.D., M.S. has joined the organization as a Psychiatrist in the Vail location. Dr. Sassoon attended medical school at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, where he also completed his psychiatric […]
According to the Colorado Health Institute, nearly 27% of Coloradoans say that they, a loved one, or a friend has been addicted to alcohol or drugs in their lifetime. More than 200,000 Coloradoans know someone who has died from a prescription drug or heroin overdose. Due to the ongoing stigma surrounding addiction, many Colorado residents […]
