Mental Health

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Mental Health

Seattle's non-police first responders prepare to expand footprint

Seattle’s unarmed crisis responders are staffing up as they prepare to answer calls citywide by next spring. Additional job postings for 18 responders and three supervisors should be online in the coming days, officials say.
Amy Radil
Health

In Seattle area, 988 mental health hotline supports tens of thousands in crisis

When people call 988, they get immediate help — but from a trained crisis counselor instead of law enforcement or paramedics. So far, close to 100,000 people have called or texted 988 from Puget Sound-based area codes.
Eilís O'Neill
Health

For Seattle youth, boxing clubs offer lessons in overcoming conflict
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Health

King County is getting its first walk-in mental health crisis center

A new walk-in crisis care center in Kirkland for people experiencing mental health emergencies will start accepting patients in early August.
Eilís O'Neill
Education

Mental health pilot program at Seattle schools is working, but challenges remain

Officials say they are seeing results from a pilot program that began last year to provide enhanced mental health services for students at a handful of Seattle schools. But they say the need for those services across the district remains high.
Diana Opong
Health

Why this UW doctor wants colleagues to ask patients if they are lonely

Medical professionals have started noting that isolation and loneliness are increasingly factors in health care, alongside smoking or exercise. One Seattle doctor urges his colleagues to ask their patients about it.
Patricia Murphy

Andy Hurst
Health

Surgeon general warns Seattle audience about the dangers of loneliness and isolation

U.S. surgeon general Vivek Murthy was in Seattle Wednesday, where he told an audience that loneliness is one of the crucial public health issues of the day.
Eilís O'Neill
Mental Health

Memorial Day: How vets are healing through stories

It’s almost Memorial Day, a time set aside to remember people who’ve died in service of the country. It can be a particularly hard time for veterans, many of whom lost friends and loved ones during their time in service. Today, we revisit a story from last memorial day and speak to a mentor and veteran in The Red Badge project, an organization that helps veterans heal from loss through writing.
Patricia Murphy

Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers
Mental Health

Memorial Day: How vets are healing through stories

It’s almost Memorial Day, a time set aside to remember people who’ve died in service of the country. It can be a particularly hard time for veterans, many of whom lost friends and loved ones during their time in service. Today, we revisit a story from last memorial day and speak to a mentor and veteran in The Red Badge project, an organization that helps veterans heal from loss through writing.
Patricia Murphy

Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers
Health Care

Seattle just got 150 psych unit beds. Is it enough to make a difference?

A new psychiatric unit opened Wednesday at the University of Washington’s Northwest Hospital in North Seattle. It was funded in part by state taxpayers, and it represents a significant step toward addressing the severe shortage of inpatient beds in Washington state.
Eilís O'Neill

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