Mental health: Region’s mental health-care providers believe employers could do more

About 260,000 adults and children in Colorado every year need treatment for the most severe mental illnesses: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression and serious emotional disturbances.

Some of those could be your coworkers, trying to mask the symptoms to avoid the stigma associated with asking for help, fearing they will lose their jobs.

You may know someone with a mental-health problem and don’t even realize it, because many people dealing with a problem are highly active and productive.

The downside is that one in four…