Earlier today, UCHealth announced a significant investment that will bolster behavioral health care for patients throughout our state. With an infusion of $100 million and an additional $25 million in matching funds, UCHealth will ensure that behavioral health therapists and psychiatrists are an integral part of the patient care experience.  By building out its intensive outpatient, preventive and telehealth services, the health system will be able to better serve more individuals in Colorado, the Rocky Mountain region and beyond.

This forward-looking investment by UCHealth complements the efforts of CU Anschutz and Children’s Colorado to address mental health needs. Last fall, Children’s Colorado teamed with our Department of Psychiatry to launch Partners for Children’s Mental Health (PCMH), a statewide network of individuals, organizations and agencies committed to helping kids get the right mental health, at the right time, within their own community.

Taken in combination with the efforts of so many units of the university – including the Department of Psychiatry, the National Mental Health Innovation Center, the Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Depression Center – we are making progress toward reducing the harmful stigma that too-often keeps those in need of quality mental health care from seeking it.

Our faculty have the expertise and resources to make a transformative impact on people’s lives. Together with our clinical partners, we will accelerate the pace of change in behavioral health care, and bring high-quality, integrated care to more of the millions of patients cared for each year.

For additional coverage on this announcement, please see the following:

UCHealth launches $100 million initiative to combat Colorado mental health crisis
Colorado Springs Gazette 9.4.19

UCHealth pledges $100M toward mental health services in Colorado
The Denver Post 9.4.19

UCHealth Wants To Destigmatize Mental Health By Investing $100 Million Into Behavioral Health Services
Colorado Public Radio, 9.4.19

UCHealth dedicating at least $100M to behavioral health services
Denver Business Journal 9.4.19

UCHealth announces plan to dedicate more than $100 million to behavioral health throughout Colorado
Greeley Tribune 9.4.19

KMGH-DEN (ABC) - Denver, CO
7 News at 4:00 pm, 9.4.19

UCHealth dedicates more than $100 million for behavioral health care
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