Index: Health
Health - Mental Health & Emotional Well-being
What We Measured:
Highlights:
- The majority of the 2010 Health District Survey respondents (51.3%) reported experiencing no days in the previous month where they felt their mental health status was 'Not Good'. (Mental Health Status)
- Suicide was the 7th overall leading cause of death in Larimer County in 2010. In addition, the rate of attempted suicide resulting in hospitalization was statiscally higher in Larimer County than in the state of Colorado in 2010. (Suicide)
Related Studies:
- The State of Children and Youth in Larimer County (July 2009) [pdf], this report, prepared by Healthier Communities Coalition of Larimer County, offers a snapshot of how children and youth in Larimer County are doing at the beginning of the 21st century.
- National Youth Risk Behavior Survey: 2007 [pdf] - Monitors 6 health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and morality among youth.
- Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America; The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, 2003
- Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment:
- Colorado Health Information Dataset (CoHID)
- Adolescent Health in Colorado Report, 2003
- Bold Steps Toward Child and Adolescent Health 2006 [pdf]
- Health Watch, July 2006: Health Related Behaviors of Colorado Adolescents [pdf] - National Association for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Research Reports
- SAMHDA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive)
- SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center:
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resources
- National Strategy for Suicide Prevention - United States National Library of Medicine
Related issues within Compass:
Additional Resources:
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), created this web site to educate adolescents ages 11 through 15 (as well as their parents and teachers) on the science behind drug abuse.
- Colorado Department of Human Services - Mental Health Services
- Connections is a partnership of the Health District and the Larimer Center for Mental Health that provides mental health and substance abuse resources and referrals.
- The Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
- United Way 2-1-1 referral service is a non-profit information and referral agency serving the residents of Larimer County, Colorado.
- Larimer Center for Mental Health
- Mental Health America (MHA) formerly National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
- National Institute of Mental Health:
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Additional Mental Health publications - National Empowerment Center
- Other Local Health Resources via the FortNet website
- Project Bloom - works with a statewide coalition of partners to weave family-centered, community-based mental health supports and services into an early childhood system that addresses prevention and treatment needs.
- Suicide Resource Center of Larimer County