Tag: Depression
Littwin: Writers write, but this one couldn’t write about the most...
This story begins — and sometimes, I fear, ends — when my wife, Susie, died two weeks short of our 49th anniversary, and I...
Are Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris’s parents to blame for the...
It must be the parents’ fault.
That’s what most of us assumed after the massacre at Columbine High School. In the absence of any other...
‘Hanna Ranch’ and the New West, 15 years later
“I think he was the best kind of cowboy. I mean, he wasn’t just a cowboy," says Kirk Hanna’s daughter at the beginning of a new documentary about the life and legacy of the Colorado cattleman known as “the Eco-Rancher.”
Study: Kids in conservative parts of country more depressed, suicidal
Teenagers who live in politically conservative parts of the country are more depressed and suicidal than teens who live in politically progressive parts of the country, according to a study by Columbia University psychologist Mark Hatzenbuehler published this week. The study comes as the nation, spurred by media coverage of recent tragic youth deaths, reckons with the fact that school harassment drives gay young people in particular to depression and suicide. It also comes in the wake of competing days dedicated to drawing attention to school bullying, the Day of Silence organized by gay rights groups and the Day of Dialogue organized by Colorado Springs-based Christian group Focus on the Family.
Depression has causes — and, often, cures
Since many of you political junkies may not start the day with the sports section, we thought we'd draw your attention to this morning's...
Immigrants Looking for American Dream Find Depression and Anxiety
The backlash against immigration had led to a significant increase in the number of Spanish speakers seeking mental health treatment. But providers say there...
Rural Communities Look to Recognize, Battle Elderly Suicide – Part 2...
When the group updating Colorado's statewide suicide prevention plan held an information-gathering session in Cortez recently, participants had plenty to talk about.
"A couple in...