Children’s Hospital Colorado’s 1st mental health-in-chief on the now or never moment facing the US

Last May, Children’s Hospital Colorado declared a state of emergency in pediatric mental health after seeing its emergency department and inpatient units “overrun with kids attempting suicide” and suffering from other mental health conditions. As part of the declaration, the hospital made a commitment that it would address the worsening crisis. One of the major shifts included creating a new leadership role, the mental health-in-chief.