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Recognizing 
Our Impact

The statistics listed below are from the "Mental Health America 2023 Report" and the "2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health Colorado / Trevor Project".

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You can download a PDF version of these statistics that we created using the button below.

State of Mental Health in Colorado

  • According to Mental Health America 2023 Report, Colorado ranked at 30th place on overall mental health state.

  • Adults with any mental illness: 23.16% / 1,028,000 / ranked 35

  • Adults with any mental illness who did not receive treatment: 55.50% / 570.000 / ranked 38

  • Adults Reporting 14+ Mentally Unhealthy Days a Month Who Could Not See a Doctor Due to Costs: 23.13% / 133,747 / ranked: 31

  • Youth with severe major depressive episode: 10.90 / 46,000 / ranked 22

  • Youth with Major Depressive Episode Who Did Not Receive Mental Health Services: 34.40 / 20,000/ ranked 2

  • Youth with Private Insurance That Did Not Cover Mental or Emotional Problems: 17.20% / 40,000/ranked 49

  • Colorado is ranked at 26 place in access to mental health care

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  • 60% of LGBTQ youth in Colorado who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it

  • 76% of LGBTQ youth in Colorado reported experiencing symptoms of anxiety

  • 60% of LGBTQ youth in Colorado reported experiencing symptoms of depression

  • 45% of LGBTQ youth in Colorado seriously considered suicide in the past year

  • 14% of LGBTQ youth in Colorado attempted suicide in the past year

  • 45% of youth who wanted mental health care and could not get it because they could not afford it

Reference: 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health Colorado / The Trevor Project

Why Us?

Statistics are current as of November 2023

783 Hours of Individual Therapy Sessions

239 Hours of Free, Scholarship-Based Individual Therapy

275 Hours of Group Sessions

  • At Medicine Horse we offer free equine assisted therapy

  • Our programs are facilitated by licensed therapists

  • Horses help our clients to understand how their thoughts, feelings, and behavior affect their relationships with people.

  • A horse responds honestly to what the client is doing in the present, rather than what they did in the past or what they may do in the future.

  • Once clients understand the things in a relationship for which they are responsible, they can make changes in themselves to improve their relationship with the horse, and then apply those same changes to more complex human interactions.

  • Often, people feel more comfortable with animals than people which may allow the therapy to feel less intimidating

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