The Center for Mental Health

July 30, 2020

On July 30 International Friendship Day, Shelly Spaulding, CEO of The Center for Mental Health in Colorado named Paul Uhl as the 2020 Behavioral Health Champion in Crested Butte, Colorado.

Joshua Bote, USA Today

July 16, 2020

Months after announcing a proposal to implement a three-digit suicide prevention hotline, the Federal Communications Commission voted and approved on Thursday, July 16 that the new National Suicide Hotline number would begin in July of 2022. The number will be 988.

Gerald Sinclair

July 4, 2019

Depression is a very serious mental illness that often goes unnoticed for years. People with concealed depression are battling demons within themselves all on their own. They are not sharing their struggles and do not want to burden those around them.

Natasha Turner, ND

May 6, 2019

Vitamin B, St. John’s Wort, and natural sunlight are some of the ways to boost your mood.

Paul Uhl

April 11, 2019

In mid-February, renovation of the space for The Center for Mental Health located in the Ore Bucket Building at 214 6th Street, Suite 4D, Crested Butte, CO. began and was estimated to take about 9-weeks to complete. However, . . .

Kimberly Behounek, The Center for Mental Health

March 5, 2019

The renovation on the Ore Bucket building space which The Center for Mental Health will lease at 214 6th Street, Suite 4D, Crested Butte, CO 81225 has commenced. We are 3 weeks into an estimated 9-week project. In the event there are no further renovation delays, we anticipate a soft opening date of Monday 5/9/19.

Reed Abelson, The New York Times

March 5, 2019

In a scathing decision released Tuesday, a federal judge in Northern California ruled that a unit of UnitedHealth Group, the giant health insurer, had created internal policies aimed at effectively discriminating against patients with mental health and substance abuse disorders to save money.

Mark Reaman, Crested Butte News

December 19, 2018

The town of Mt. Crested Butte has accepted a funding request for $5,000 to help bring mental health services to Crested Butte through the Gunnison Valley Health Foundation (GVH) and The Center for Mental Health. The center is planning renovations to a unit in the Ore Bucket Building at Sixth Street and Maroon Avenue that will allow it to establish a full-service mental health clinic there, and Mt. Crested Butte’s contribution was the final addition needed to reach its funding goal.

Katherine Nettles, Crested Butte News

December 12, 2018

The town of Mt. Crested Butte has accepted a funding request for $5,000 to help bring mental health services to Crested Butte through the Gunnison Valley Health Foundation (GVH) and The Center for Mental Health. The center is planning renovations to a unit in the Ore Bucket Building at Sixth Street and Maroon Avenue that will allow it to establish a full-service mental health clinic there, and Mt. Crested Butte’s contribution was the final addition needed to reach its funding goal.

Chris Rourke, Gunnison Country Times

November 22, 2018

Gunnison Valley Health and The Center for Mental Health are partnering by renovating the Ore Bucket Building, seen here, in Crested Butte to provide mental health services.

Mark Reaman, Crested Butte News

October 24, 2018

The Crested Butte Town Council appears to be in support of helping to develop a mental health care facility in Crested Butte. A request came to the council on Monday, October 15 for it to donate $5,000 to help renovate a space in the Ore Bucket Building at Sixth and Maroon that would then be used for mental health issues. Gunnison Valley Health owns the space and The Center for Mental Health is helping to finance the needed renovation.