Mental Health

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Health

How to help your kids process what happened in Uvalde

Yesterday, an 18 year old man entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. There, he killed 21 people - 2 teachers, and 19 students. It's the 27th school shooting to occur this year. It's not a situation you can simply brush off. So how do you help your children proc
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz
Law & Courts

Washington state fights Tacoma therapist over conversion therapy

Lawyers with the Washington Attorney General’s office are in federal court defending the state's ban on conversion therapy.
Paige Browning
National

For two years, this Washington island has grappled with the long reach of Covid

The virus hit Whidbey Island early in 2020, and photojournalist Lynn Johnson was there. A million deaths later, we return to see how the pandemic has subtly but indelibly altered life there forever.
Will Stone

Lynn Johnson
Health

Adrenaline boost, then disillusionment: This is your brain on disaster cascade

As the Covid-19 pandemic wears on, a “twin pandemic” is emerging— a pandemic-related mental health crisis. While many are recovering, other are experiencing the impacts of the pandemic all over again. Dr. Kira Mauseth, is a specialist in disaster response and co-lead of the Washington Department of Health's behavioral health strike team. She spoke with Soundside about the varied responses from the pandemic and what we can do to regulate and readjust.
Libby Denkmann

Brandi Fullwood
Technology

Gaming is a great hobby. But when does it become unhealthy?

Gaming can be a quick release from the pressures of the real world. But games are made to be engaged with, either through a deluge of collectibles or quick hits of achievement. But the same mechanisms that make games enjoyable can also make them addicting. So where do you draw the line between the two?
Libby Denkmann

Alec Cowan
Health

Seattle Now: How's your mental health?

Disasters like the Covid pandemic have a dramatic impact on our mental health. Two years after the pandemic started, we're still not out of the woods — but there's an opportunity to make changes for the better.
Patricia Murphy

Clare McGrane
Health

Adulting 101: Tap into your inner child

Throughout this pandemic many of us have dipped into nostalgia and tapped into childhood to cope. Borrowing from the past can be helpful, but it can also be really hard to go back there. That’s where inner child work comes in.
Brandi Fullwood

Libby Denkmann
Health

What's working, what's not, and who's 'picking up the slack' at Western State Hospital

As attitudes toward mental health have changed, so too have policies around how we treat those suffering from mental illness, how we cover those costs and how we measure the success of the institutions providing care. Here in Washington state — as progressive as it may be — overhauling the system has proven easier said than done.
Angela King

Katie Campbell
Law & Courts

Magic mushroom advocates want psilocybin on Washington's ballot in November

State lawmakers let a magic mushroom legalization bill die. Now advocates want it on Washington's ballot.
Paige Browning
Politics

Here's what experts say Biden gets right in his new mental health plan

Mental health advocates applaud the proposals, which they say offer much-needed federal leadership on a growing national crisis. But they worry about getting sustainable funding for the efforts.
Rhitu Chatterjee

Carmel Wroth

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