mental health

Research shows that LGBTQ+ youth have higher rates of anxiety, depression and suicide than their non-LGBTQ+ peers. On this week’s health and prevention report, KSJD’s Lucas Brady Woods talked to Liz Filas, a mental health therapist with the Four Corners Child Advocacy Center, to break down what that correlation means and why it's important to understand.

Colorado Democrats are sending Governor Jared Polis a bill that aims to protect unrestricted access to abortions. And troubles continue for Mind Springs Health, which provides behavioral health services in ten counties on the west slope.

A new study documents the rising mental health crisis in rural western communities. Will Walkey from KHOL in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, has more.

Eco-anxiety is a term that describes persistent worries about the future of life on Earth. As the UN's COP 26 meetings end in Glasgow, university students and teachers in Denver share their feelings about the climate crisis with H2O Radio... and how they handle them.

Colorado has the sixth highest suicide death rate in the nation, according to the most recent data from the CDC. But the process of finding resources to improve your mental wellness is complicated and often stigmatized. In this week’s health and prevention report, KSJD’s Tay Glass looks at Mancos United, an up-and-coming nonprofit that wants to make the process of finding help a bit more streamlined.

Pediatric health care professionals in Colorado are ringing alarm bells about what they say is a crisis in the mental health of the state’s children. The…

When looking at professions in Montezuma County, farmers are the second most likely group to die by suicide. That’s according to data from Celebrating…

Reports of psychosis associated with new cannabis concentrates have half a dozen states proposing new regulations They're also proposing more taxes to fund research about the unknowns in concentrates.

The Loveland police officers were involved in the forceful arrest and detention of Karen Garner, a 73-year-old woman with dementia. The announcement came after a federal civil rights suit was filed.

Over the next year, KSJD is going to be bringing you more news about health, mental health and prevention in our community as part of a bi-weekly health and prevention report. This week, Lucas Brady Woods spoke with Stephanie Allred, the senior clinical director at Axis Health in Cortez, Colorado, about the mental health challenges facing the local community and some of the resources available to help.