About me
Michael H. Allen, MD, DFAPA is a professor at the University of Colorado in Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine and medical director for the Colorado 988 crisis line. A past president of AAEP, he led the Expert Consensus Guideline for Behavioral Emergencies and served as PI for STEP-BD and ED-SAFE. He has served to consultant to CMS, TJC, and others, including the 988 national steering committee, and has been recognized by the Colorado Psychiatric Society.