Recently,AstraZeneca kicked-off a partnership with The Jed Foundation, the leading non-profit college suicide-prevention charity, in association with mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, to launch "Half of Us," a campaign to reduce the student suicide rate, fight the stigma of mental health on college campuses and connect students and their friends to the resources and help they need.

Click here to view the Half of Us website.

Update—The Mental Health Parity Legislation in Colorado, SB07-036, has passed out of both chambers!  CBHC appreciates all of you who called, emailed and wrote letters to legislators and stakeholder groups.  This legislation will add the following to the list of behavioral disorders that must be covered by a health plan:

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Drug and Alcohol Disorders
• Dysthymia
• Cyclothymia
• Social Phobia
• Agoraphobia with Panic Disorder
• General Anxiety Disorder
• Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa to the extent that they are treated in outpatient, inpatient or day treatment