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Mental Health Help

Call 911 if you are having an emergency. Or if you are thinking about hurting yourself or others.

If you’re having a mental health crisis, call Colorado Crisis Services.

You can call their free hotline 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Call 844-493-TALK (844-493-8255) or text TALK to 38255.

Learn more at coaccess.com/suicide.

What is Behavioral Health?

Behavioral health is things like:

  • Mental health
  • Substance use disorder (SUD)
  • Stress

Behavioral health care is:

  • Prevention
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment

Getting care

Mental health is your emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Your mental health affects how you think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how you react to stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices.

Getting preventive mental health care may be helpful. This may be able to stop you having a mental health crisis. Or if you do have a mental health crisis, it may help you need less treatment. It may also help you get better faster.

You can work with your primary care doctor to take care of your mental health and well-being. Or you can work with a mental health professional.

There are many kinds of mental health professionals:

  • Social workers
  • Psychiatrists
  • Counselors
  • Psychiatric nurse practitioners
  • Primary care providers (PCPs)
  • Neurologists

All of the above can help with behavior disorders. There are many treatment choices:

  • Inpatient programs
  • Outpatient programs
  • Rehabilitation programs
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Medication

If you have Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid program) or Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+), many treatments are covered.

If you have Health First Colorado, there are no copays for most behavioral health services. Click here to learn more.

If you have CHP+, there are copays for some of these services. Click here to learn more.

Talk to your doctor about your choices. If you don’t have a doctor, we can help you find one. Call us at 866-833-5717. Or you can find one online at coaccess.com. There is a link to our directory on the homepage of our website.

Youth

Mental health is a big part of your overall health and well-being. Children should be mentally healthy. This means getting to developmental and emotional milestones. It also means learning healthy social skills. Social skills are things like conflict resolution, empathy, and respect.

Healthy social skills can help you communicate more effectively. This can help you build, keep up, and grow relationships.

Mental health disorders can start in early childhood. They can affect any child. Some children are more affected than others. This is due to social determinants of health (SDoH). These are the conditions where children live, learn, and play. Some SDoH are poverty and access to education. They can cause health inequities.

Poverty can cause poor mental health. It can also be an effect of poor mental health. This may be through social stresses, stigma, and trauma. Mental health problems can lead to poverty by bringing job loss or underemployment. Many people with mental health problems move in and out of poverty during their whole lives.

Facts

  • From 2013 to 2019 in the United States (U.S.):
    • More than 1 in 11 (9.09%) children ages 3 to 17 were diagnosed with ADHD (9.8%) and anxiety disorders (9.4%).
    • Older children and teenagers were at risk of depression and suicide.
      • 1 in 5 (20.9%) teenagers ages 12 to 17 had a major depressive event.
    • In 2019 in the U.S.:
      • More than 1 in 3 (36.7%) high school students said they felt sad or hopeless.
      • Almost 1 in 5 (18.8%) seriously thought about attempting suicide.
    • In 2018 and 2019 in the U.S.:
      • About 7 in 100,000 (0.01%) children ages 10 to 19 died by suicide.

More Help

Your doctor may be able to refer you to a mental health professional. If you don’t have a doctor, we can help you find one. Call us at 866-833-5717. Or you can find one online at coaccess.com. There is a link to our directory on the homepage of our website.

You can also find a mental health professional online. Search for one in your network:

You may be able to get free mental health sessions with I Matter. You can get these if you are:

  • Age 18 and younger.
  • Age 21 and younger and getting special education services.

I Matter does not give crisis help.

Help for Everyone

How to contact them:

Call 800-950-NAMI (800-950-6264).

Hours:

  • 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Website: mhanational.org

How to contact them:

Hours:

  • Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Website: nami.org/help

How to contact them:

Hours:

  • Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Website: nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help

How to contact them:

  • Call 303-333-4288

Hours:

  • Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Website: artstreatment.com/

How to contact them:

  • For behavioral health help, call 303-825-8113.
  • For housing help, call 303-341-9160.

Hours:

  • Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.
  • Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
  • Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Website: milehighbehavioralhealthcare.org

How to contact them:

  • Call 303-458-5302

Hours:

  • Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Website: tepeyachealth.org/clinic-services

How to contact them:

  • Call 303-360-6276

Hours:

  • Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Website: stridechc.org/

Help for Everyone

How to contact them:

  • Call 303-504-6500

Hours:

  • Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Website: wellpower.org

How to contact them:

Hours:

  • Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Website: serviciosdelaraza.org/es/

How to contact them:

Hours:

  • Hours differ by location.
  • You can also make an appointment on their website.

Website: allhealthnetwork.org

How to contact them:

  • Call 303-617-2300

Hours:

  • 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Website: auroramhr.org

How to contact them:

  • Call 303-425-0300

Hours:

  • Hours differ by location. Go to their website to find a location near you.

Website: jcmh.org

How to contact them:

  • Call 303-853-3500

Hours:

  • Hours differ by location. Go to their website to find a location near you.

Website: communityreachcenter.org

How to contact them:

  • Call 303-443-8500

Hours:

  • Hours differ by location. Go to their website to find a location near you.

Website: mhpcolorado.org

Help for Preteens and Young Adults

How to contact them:

  • Call 800-448-3000.
  • Text YOUR VOICE to 20121.

Hours:

  • Call or text 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Website: yourlifeyourvoice.org

Help for HIV/AIDS

How to contact them:

  • Call 303-837-1501

Hours:

  • Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Website: coloradohealthnetwork.org/health-care-services/behavioral-health/

How to contact them:

  • Call 303-382-1344

Hours:

By appointment only. To get on the list:

Website: hivcarelink.org/

How to contact them:

Hours:

  • Monday through Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Website: ittakesavillagecolorado.org/what-we-do

Help for HIV/AIDS

How to contact them:

Hours:

  • Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Website: serviciosdelaraza.org/es/

How to contact them:

  • Call 303-393-8050

Hours:

Website: viventhealth.org/health-and-wellness/behavioral-health-care/

Help for Infectious Disease Care

How to contact them:

  • Call 720-848-0191

Hours:

  • Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:40 p.m.

Website: uchealth.org/locations/uchealth-infectious-disease-travel-team-clinic-anschutz/

Help for People Experiencing Homelessness

How to contact them:

  • Call 303-293-2217

Hours:

  • Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Website: coloradocoalition.org

Help for People Who Identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color (BIPOC)

Search for a therapist in your network on these websites. Click the name to go to their website.

Help for SUD

SUD can lead to not being able to control your use of certain things. This means drugs, alcohol, or medications. SUD can affect your brain. It also can affect your behavior.

Facts About SUD in Colorado:

  • Between 2017 and 2018, 11.9% of people 18 and older reported a SUD in the past year. This was higher than the national rate of 7.7% of people.
  • In 2019, more than 95,000 people 18 and older reported that they did not get SUD treatment or counseling services.

Treatment can help prevent deaths from overdoses. It can also help with drug and alcohol addiction. But the stigma around substance use is a major thing stopping people from getting help.

Help for SUD

Find help for SUD for yourself or someone else. Click the name to go to their website.