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Pikes Peak Rising: A New Mental Health Resource Hub For Community Members
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Mayor Yemi Mobolade joined by his wife, Abbey Mobolade, and Colorado Springs City officials announced the name of a new regional initiative on mental health on Wednesday.
Over 40 organizations have joined to help launch this initiative and will work together to boost awareness of mental health needs in the Pikes Peak region.
The U.S. Surgeon General has identified an increasing mental health crisis in the United States. Pikes Peak Rise was created to help combat the crisis and build a stronger community in Colorado Springs.
Inspired by their own connection to navigating mental health with family and friends, the Mobolades helped launch the initiative which is part of the City's 2024-2028 Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan is focused on community activation and calls on the City of Colorado Springs to engage residents to foster a more connected community.
"Community activation is about mobilizing our community members to take ownership of their own flourishing and drive positive change," said Mayor Yemi. "Our community's mental well-being is one of the primary objectives of our Strategic Plan because mental health is all of us. It will take a village to improve our community's mental well-being, and Pikes Peak Rising is a symbol of hope, a much-needed platform, and a rallying cry to make Colorado Springs the leading city on mental health and wellness in the United States."
The Pikes Peak Rising logo represents a Phoenix Rising in front of the mountains. This is meant to represent the journey that each individual takes when dealing with mental health issues. The warm yellow and orange palette was created to "shine a light" on mental health needs.
"Everyone is on a journey, and sometimes that means you or someone next to you needs help from time to time. I know I do," said Abbey Mobolade, a nurse educator and former critical care nurse. "I want you to know that you are not alone. The collaboration of Pikes Peak Rising is to establish a dynamic, local place to share resources, tools, and help – in a way that makes sense for you. No matter your trials or situation, hope is always here. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, we too can grab on to hope and look to the light. Together, we can rise."
One of the major parts of this initiative was the newly announced Pikes Peak Rising 360, a mental health digital portal that will offer resources to the community. The portal was designed by mental health and well-being experts who are leaders in the field. They want to offer the community innovative, engaging, and evidence-backed self-help resources that are suited to the individual's needs.
"Public Health's goal is to promote mental well-being, working collaboratively to highlight the importance of connecting people to credible resources to positively impact quality of life while increasing resilience to navigate life's ups and downs," said Susan Wheelan, El Paso County Public Health executive director. "We appreciate the multidisciplinary organizations who are part of this collective effort—and look forward to building additional partnerships across all El Paso County municipalities— to provide a new online resource to connect people to self-help through curated, evidence-based resources."
Pikes Peak Rising offers other new programs as well including 1,000 Neighborhood Gatherings and the GRIT program which comes from the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.
All information on the Pikes Peak Rising project, programs, and partners can be found on theCity of Colorado Springs website.___
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Risk Of Mental Illness Rises For Kids Treated In ICUs
Youngsters so sick they've needed treatment in an ICU appear to bear the scars of that experience years later, a new study finds.
Children and teenagers treated in an intensive care unit have a significantly higher risk of developing a mental illness as they grow up, researchers reported July 20 in the Journal of Affective Disorders.
"Given our study results, the development of appropriate major psychiatric disorder prevention strategies should be emphasized for child and adolescent ICU survivors," concluded the research team led by Dr. Ping-Chung Wu, of the Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan.
For the study, researchers analyzed data on more than 8,700 children admitted to an ICU between 1996 and 2013.
Those who survived their illness were followed an average of nearly 10 years. Data showed the survivors had:
Kids who stayed in the ICU three days or more in particular had a higher risk of these disorders, researchers said.
Risk of specific mental illnesses also varied depending on the condition that landed the child in the ICU, researchers found.
For example, schizophrenia risk was highest among patients admitted for blood diseases, nervous system disorders and digestive illnesses, while PTSD was highest among respiratory patients.
By figuring out which critical illnesses increase risk of specific mental disorders, doctors can develop screening and prevention strategies for high-risk groups, the researchers added.
More information: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more on youth mental health.
Ping-Chung Wu et al, Risks of developing major psychiatric disorders among child and adolescent intensive care unit survivors, Journal of Affective Disorders (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.Jad.2024.07.124
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Texas Judicial Commission On Mental Health Hosts Workshop To Launch Pilot Program Aimed At Creating A County Mental Health Law Plan
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health created the County mental health law plan (CMHLP) program, because they say the laws relating to persons with mental illness or intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) are complex and affect multiple individuals.
The workshop took place Wednesday, July 24th from 10 A.M. To 4 P.M. at the Emergence Health Network on 201 E Main St, El Paso, TX 79901. During this workshop, participants from El Paso County are to discuss the processes that someone who is involved in the court system with a mental illness goes through. They will also evaluate how to improve those processes.
The CMHLP is a JCMH pilot program offering technical assistance, tools, and resources including a checklist to support nine counties to create a County Mental Health Law Plan. The nine counties in the pilot include El Paso, Henderson, Medina, Fort Bend, Burleson, Burnet, Hays, Duval, and Travis.
JCMH says the goal of the pilot is to determine if creating this plan will encourage collaboration, efficiency,cost-savings, and accountability for how mental health laws are managed at the county level. The JCMH says Judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys, law enforcement and probation officers attended four virtual classes from January to March 2024 to prepare for the program. The classes were on the topics of Civil Commitment, Early Intervention, Mental Health Courts and Competency Restoration.
The JCMH will travel to each pilot county for a one-day workshop this summer and fall. Each county will have a written plan of the process of how their county accomplishes Texas mental health laws once the workshop concludes.
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