The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health. The project illuminates a growing mental health crisis in the Seattle region, Washington state and beyond. It explores the many types of mental illness people experience, spotlights promising treatments and research, and examines actions by government agencies, nonprofits and health providers to address the problem.
We don protective psychological masks that allow our brains to modify behaviors in response to a loss of control and sense of helplessness, Ereke Bruce...
The property tax would fund construction of five new, regional crisis care centers and more services to strengthen the county’s ailing mental health system.
Women are facing unique pandemic-related mental health consequences, and women with serious mental illness continue to lack equitable access to psychiatric care.
The announcement of the purchase comes after officials said last month they are forming a coalition to tackle chronic workforce problems and other issues.Â
The risks tied to suicide are similar to those associated with addiction — yet these two conditions are rarely treated as related in medical settings.
We spoke with five experts working in the crisis response system about how to identify a crisis situation and get someone care.
Social worker Erin Von Fempe is an employee of the Mount Vernon Police Department, but carries no gun or police department trappings aside from a...
If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, it can be difficult to know where to look for help.
Suicides are the leading cause of deaths in jail here and nationwide, but the number of suicides at the Seattle jail is extreme, experts say.
King County's Involuntary Treatment Act court decides whether taking someone's freedom away is best for their mental health and safety.