About Us
We provide integrated health care, serving our communities since 1960
Established & trusted
Axis Health System is a private, nonprofit healthcare organization established in 1960, providing healthcare to residents of Montezuma, La Plata, Archuleta, Dolores and San Juan counties. Axis Health System provides the care people need when they need it.
Integrated health care options
Your mind and body are connected, and so is our health system. Therefore, our integrated health care combines primary care, counseling, psychiatry, substance use treatment and dental care. Depending on the clinic you choose, the professionals on your team will vary. However, all of our clinics provide a variety of support to help you get well and stay well.
A range of options for behavioral healthcare (including mental health and substance use treatment) is offered at this location:
Brief psychiatric stabilization, short-term detoxification and a regional crisis response is available at this location:
- Crossroads at Grandview
- Acute Treament Unit
- Detox Unit
- Crisis assessment and response center
Since 2006, Axis Health System has been a leader in developing and offering integrated health care, which blends mental health, substance use, primary care and oral healthcare and referrals at the following locations:
Our values
- Committed to excellence
- Connected to our community
- Compassion for all
Our History
2007
Participated in the opening of the School-Based Health Clinic at Durango High School. In 2019, Pediatric Partners of the Southwest took over operations of school clinics in partnership with Durango School District 9-R.
2006
Opened the first licensed Acute Treatment Unit in the State of Colorado, returning an emergency, inpatient, psychiatric resource to our region
2003
Partnered with the Durango Chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) to bring Crisis Intervention Team training to law enforcement in Southwest Colorado.
1995
Formed West Slope Casa, LLC to serve as the Managed Service Organization for substance use services and to serve as the Medicaid mental health managed care entity for the 21 counties of the West Slope.
1979
Expanded services as a comprehensive Community Mental Health Center.
1972
Received authorization to provide federally funded substance use treatment services.
1960
Established Southwest Colorado Mental Health Center, Inc. as a 501(c)(3) organization providing healthcare.
Patient-focused
Here for you
OUR MISSION
To make a meaningful difference through healthcare innovation
and caring for the whole person.
Axis Health System is a provider of Colorado Crisis Services. Funded in part by the Colorado Department of Human Services.
Axis Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. Axis Health System does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex. For more information, click here.