by CCHR CO | Aug 8, 2017 | News for Colorado, You be the Judge...
A Boulder psychiatrist accused of overdrugging female inmates at the correctional facility where he worked – in some cases causing them to become delirious – has permanently surrendered his license to practice, under an agreement reached with the Colorado Medical...
by CCHR CO | Jul 22, 2017 | News for Colorado, You be the Judge...
A Denver psychiatrist who continued to practice after his license expired in 2015 and then failed to respond to an official complaint against him violated the Colorado Medical Practice Act and has been disciplined with the loss of his license. The Colorado Medical...
by CCHR CO | Jul 20, 2017 | News for Colorado
On the occasion of today’s 5-year remembrance of the July 20, 2012 mass shooting at an Aurora movie theater that killed 12 people and wounded 70 others, remember the chilling words of the shooter which foreshadowed the massacre: “Hatred unchecked,” “no fear of...
by CCHR CO | Jun 20, 2017 | Colorado Mental Health Institute, News for Colorado
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has given the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (CMHIP) until June 28 to correct serious deficiencies in the care of its patients or else lose its Medicare and Medicaid funding. Acting on complaints of...
by CCHR CO | May 29, 2017 | News for Colorado
In an attempt to combat the epidemic of suicides by veterans on psychiatric drugs and opioids, U.S. Representative Mike Coffman (R-CO 6th district) has introduced legislation in Congress to review the link between prescription drugs and veterans’ suicides. ...
by CCHR CO | May 27, 2017 | Colorado Mental Health Institute, News for Colorado
A state investigation has concluded that staff neglect was the cause of the choking incident last September at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (CMHIP) that caused brain damage leading to a patient’s death, according to the occurrence summary report...
