Mental Health

On this month's episode of Brain Garden, host Jenell Hilderbrand talks with Esmeralda Alverde Duarte about the COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety, depression, and academics.

The Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program and the Aspen Hope Center hosted a roundtable conversation called "Reconnecting with Conversation." Students from Bridges High School, Roaring Fork High School, Glenwood Springs High School, Basalt High School, and Aspen High School, along with community members, educators, and organization leaders, came together to discuss teen mental health. Topics included mental health observations, schools and mental health, parent/teen communication, and mental health strategies.Participants included students from the various high schools, the AZYEP internship cohort, Adele Craft, Beth Wysong, Aspen Hope Center's Sarah Fedishen, Michelle Muething and Brandon Jones, Mid Valley Family Practice, Aspen Strong, James Steindler of the Sopris Sun, Amanda Petersen of FocusedKids, Jason Hodges, and educators – Garrett Peters, Maggie Riley, and Sunny McClain.

On this month's episode of Brain Garden, host Jenell Hilderbrand talks with Ben Haim about dyslexia, as well as support at school and home.

Hosts Sarah Fedishen of the Aspen Hope Center and Zenobia Todd, AZYEP intern, talk with licensed social worker Patti Present about mental health amongst teens and children in the Roaring Fork Valley. Patti draws from her many years of experience as an educator and social worker.

On this month's episode of Brain Garden, host Jenell Hilderbrand talks with Jimmy Elsen about meditation, kayaking, and his mother's Alzheimer's disease diagnosis.

Last summer, the nation got a new three-digit suicide prevention number: 988. A new analysis found the in-state answer rates so far vary widely, especially in the Mountain West.

KDNK’s reporter Hattison Rensberry brings you local and regional news from the Mountain West

KDNK's Morgan Neely has Wednesday's news, including Colorado beginning to distribute funds from pharmaceutical companies as part of legal settlements related to the opioid crisis. Also, we speak with a group of Future Farmers of America students who made the trip from Olathe to Rifle for a wolf reintroduction meeting.

On this month's episode of Brain Garden, host Jenell Hilderbrand talks with Erich Albrecht about drug induced psychosis, support systems, friendships, and the power of music.

On this month's episode of Brain Garden, host Jenell Hilderbrand talks with Mattea, a student at Glenwood Springs High School, about overcoming sports related injuries, mental health, and future aspirations.