It’s never been easy to be a teen or young adult, but today’s younger generations do face some unique challenges. Heavy social media and marijuana use are just a couple of the newer stressors negatively impacting many young adults. Studies even suggest that these factors might be connected to the rise in mental illness among young people.

Join Jeannie Ritter – former First Lady of Colorado and an Ambassador for the Mental Health Center of Denver – for a forward-looking panel discussion on the challenges today’s teens and young adults face. Topics will include how marijuana use and social media can seriously impact young people’s well-being, as well as new approaches to reducing the risk of teen suicide.

Moderator

Jeannie Ritter, former First Lady of Colorado and a Mental Health Ambassador for the Mental Health Center of Denver

Panel members 

Michele Betts Schultz, PA, child and adolescent psychiatry, Mental Health Partners

Karen Rice, MD, psychiatrist, Mental Health Partners

Natalie Trombly, senior program manager, school-based services, Mental Health Partners

When

Tuesday, May 22, 6:30 p.m.

Where

Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave.