Mental Health in the Media

Lost Patients

Navigating mental health care in Washington

In a new podcast called “Lost Patients,” launching next Tuesday, journalists from The Seattle Times and KUOW investigate why mental health care in Washington is the way it is, and what we might do to improve it.

The 6-part series, hosted and reported by Will James at KUOW with Seattle Times investigative reporter Sydney Brownstone and former Seattle Times Mental Health Project reporter Esmy Jimenez, examines the difficulties of treating serious mental illness through the lens of Seattle’s past, present and future.

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NAMI Podcast: You Are Not Alone: Voices of Recovery

Based on the USA Today national bestseller “You Are Not Alone: The NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health,” by NAMI Chief Medical Officer Ken Duckworth, M.D., this series draws from among more than 100 interviews conducted by Dr. Duckworth for the book, showcasing real people sharing authentic stories of their mental health journeys.

Voices of Recovery, Episode 1: Healing Family Trauma & Changing

Voices of Recovery, Episode 2: Recovery, Music & Dogs

Voices of Recovery, Episode 3: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder & Finding Hope

Voices of Recovery, Episode 4: Resilient People and Depressed Cakes

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Removing guns is a key suicide prevention strategy in WA

Mai Hoang - Cascade PBS

How an old federal rule limits inpatient mental health beds in Washington

Hannah Furfaro - Seattle Times

4 tips for talking to your Latinx parents about mental health

NAYDELINE MEJIA - NPR

Wait times decrease for WA mental health patients, but gains are ‘fragile’

Jayati Ramakrishnan - Seattle Times

Mental health specialists responded to nonviolent crimes in Denver. Crime fell.

Meghan Holohan - Today.com

Why therapists ARE talking about Bruno -- and all the other 'Encanto' characters

Catherine E. Shoichet - CNN

Mentally Ill, Waiting in Jail: Jails Overwhelmed

Susannah Frame - King 5

Violence is not a product of mental illness

Lauren Simonds, MSW with Kiro Radio

Mentally Ill, Waiting in Jail.

Susannah Frame - King 5

Stop conflating mass shootings with mental illness

Lauren Simonds, MSW for the Seattle Times

Record number of defendants with mental illness 'decompensating' in Washington jails

Susannah Frame - King 5

Pandemic took a toll on teen mental health, US study says

MIKE STOBBE (AP Medical Writer)