Addressing Colorado’s challenges in the children’s system of care and mental health requires innovative thinking and strategic partnerships at the government level. Joining Heidi Baskfield on the Speak Our Minds podcast today is Dr. K. Ron-Li Liaw, Colorado’s first Mental Health-In-Chief for Children’s Hospital Colorado and is also the Division Director of Child and Adolescent Youth Mental Health at the University of Colorado’s Department of Psychiatry. In this episode, Dr. Ron-Li Liaw shares how her groundbreaking role is shaping the design and delivery of mental health care in Colorado. She discusses key steps to create lasting improvements in our mental health systems and how she envisions leveraging a seat at the table to advance the state’s efforts in this critical space. For these insights and, as always, much more, tune in now!

Key Points From This Episode:

• How her role as Colorado’s only Pediatric Mental Health In-Chief is helping lead the way in how mental health is being designed and delivered in Colorado.
• What surprised her the most about how Colorado was going about delivering and the system structure regarding Youth Mental Health care. 
• The difference in understanding between government leaders and those involved in designing, building, and operating mental health systems in the states of New York and Colorado.
• The best starting points to create long-lasting change in our mental healthcare systems.
• The role the Class Action Law Suit settlement agreement should play in helping implement and fulfill various factors in our healthcare systems. 
• How she would use a seat at the table to support the state's efforts within this space.
• What Dr. Ron-Li Liaw is most excited and hopeful about regarding the future of mental health care systems in Colorado.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

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Heidi Baskfield