Mental illness

DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper vetoed legislation that rural Colorado hospitals said was necessary to address a conundrum with mental health holds. The late Thursday afternoon veto killed...

DENVER – Rural hospital providers are hoping Gov. John Hickenlooper does not veto legislation that would address a conundrum with mental health holds. The issue impacts the entire state, but is...

Vallecito resident Dawn Solomon knows firsthand the therapeutic power of horses to help individuals with mental illness and substance addiction. Solomon, 42, began smoking marijuana at age 13. By...

For all the improvements we’ve made in mental health care in La Plata County, we still have a way to go. That was the opinion of five panelists working in the field in some way at a League of Women...

NEW YORK – One psychiatry professor calls it “the conversation we’re stuck with,” a teachable moment growing out of horror. Each time mental illness is cited as a possible factor in a high-profile...

Despite public perception, the homeless aren’t a faceless group of shiftless, substance-abusing ne’er-do-wells. They are men, women and children just like the rest of us except for one thing – one...

CENTENNIAL – The judge in the Aurora theater shooting trial dismissed three jurors Tuesday after learning that one was exposed to news coverage of the case and discussed it with the others. Judge...

Drafting new laws to limit panhandling is proving to be a challenge for Durango. The city stopped enforcing a law that prohibited loitering for purposes of begging last fall after it received a...

CENTENNIAL – James Holmes was growing volatile well before he put on a gas mask and body armor, strapped on a rifle, shotgun, pistol and ammunition and slipped into a midnight premiere of the...

DENVER – The case of an 87-year-old Alzheimer’s patient accused in the deadly beating of a fellow assisted-living resident highlights the challenges of prosecuting someone with the unpredictable...