{"id":70755,"date":"2025-08-15T17:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T17:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70755\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T17:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T17:42:09","slug":"where-to-turn-when-a-mental-health-crisis-arises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70755\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to turn when a mental health crisis arises?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1978\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WIM-362-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-454607\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Catch up with <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/tag\/whatd-i-miss\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previous editions of What\u2019d I Miss<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2024\/04\/08\/r-alan-brooks-artist-museums\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">read more about Denver artist R. Alan Brooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alt\">The Colorado Sun is a nonpartisan news organization, and the opinions of columnists and editorial writers do not reflect the opinions of the newsroom.<a href=\"http:\/\/coloradosun.com\/ethics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/coloradosun.com\/ethics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Read our ethics policy for more on The Sun\u2019s opinion policy<\/a>. Learn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/submission-guidelines-opinion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">submit a column<\/a>.\u00a0Reach the opinion editor at <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2025\/08\/15\/whatd-i-miss-mental-health-hot-line\/mailto:opinion@coloradosun.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">opinion@coloradosun.com<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/author\/laura-pritchett\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt\">Follow Colorado Sun Opinion on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/coloradosunopinion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Type of Story: Opinion<\/p>\n<p>Advocates for ideas and draws conclusions based on the author\/producer\u2019s interpretation of facts and data.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/author\/r-alan-brooks\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/R.-Alan-Brooks-by-Joe-Rogers-1-56-150x150.jpg\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tR. Alan Brooks teaches graphic novel writing for Regis University\u2019s MFA program, and Lighthouse Writers Workshop (where he&#8217;s a board member). He\u2019s the author of \u201cThe Burning Metronome\u201d and \u201cAnguish Garden\u201d &#8211; graphic novels featuring&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/author\/r-alan-brooks\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by R. Alan Brooks\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/author\/cori-redford\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cori-56-150x150.jpg\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI (she\/her) was born in Hawaii, and moved extensively before landing in Golden for high school in the late 80s. I moved to Denver for college, attending first Metro, then The Art Institute of Colorado. I worked in a bunch of non-art jobs for&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/author\/cori-redford\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Cori Redford\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Catch up with previous editions of What\u2019d I Miss, and read more about Denver artist R. 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