On Edge is an investigative series from the Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) about Colorado’s mental health.
The series title reflects a state that has the nation’s highest rate of adult mental illness and lowest access to care.
COLab is a nonprofit that unites more than 160 communities and news outlets to ensure quality news for all Coloradans. KSUT joined COLab in 2020.
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Some words fail us, and for Robert Werthwein, “depression” is one of them.The 41-year-old director of Colorado’s Behavioral Health Office prefers to say… -
Laurel Carpenter and Melissa Humphrey, two 30-something nurses, moms and best friends in Grand Junction, rely on each other for support with anxiety.It… -
Jimmy Brown is Kiowa County's elected coroner, its only funeral director and a third-generation. Exceptional drought has prompted increases in anxiety and… -
Millete Birhanemaskel, a refugee, long-time Denver resident and businesswoman, grappled with 2020 as many others have. And she managed to keep her coffee… -
Eddie Kemm is 81 and lives alone. The pandemic robbed him of his social life, but he found a way to cope. Until he got sick.Eddie Kemm found the pool… -
In another installment of the statewide mental health reporting project On Edge, we meet the Barfoot family.They love each other. That should go without… -
In the latest installment of On Edge, we meet Dr. Patricia Westmoreland, who keeps scrubbing her hands because, during a pandemic, it's on of the few… -
In the next part of our series On Edge, we meet middle schooler Brooklyn Colbert. She's always liked going to school. Until recently. Remote learning in… -
COVID killed Elizabeth Torres's grandpa and nearly killed her. Now, she is combatting fears that she will catch the virus again and that this time it will… -
In part two of the series On Edge, we meet Dick Carleton of Breckenridge. He's watched the pandemic tear away at the social fabric of the town. On Edge is…
