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.
Mental health stigma is a complex process that starts when society identifies someone as different — and ends with serious consequences to people's daily functioning...
The pandemic has increased the public's need for a broad spectrum of mental health services, but getting that help can be challenging. The Seattle Times'...
A new behavioral health teaching facility in Seattle is part of a new era of modern mental health care. The facility is designed to reflect...
A psychosocial assessment or evaluation can help verify an immigrant's story, showing immigration officials why someone is in need of a new home country. But...
Telehealth leveled the playing field for those seeking mental health care. But many older adults, who are most vulnerable to COVID-19 and feelings of isolation,...
Mark and Kym Hilinski started Hilinski's Hope after son Tyler, a Washington State quarterback, died by suicide in 2018. Their organization is putting on College...
When Riley Sheahan isn’t trying to land a job on one of the Kraken’s bottom two forward lines, he can be found hosting the "Speak...
Nearly 40% of Washingtonians live in an area with a shortage of mental health providers. People who can't find a psychiatrist or other mental health...
Throughout the pandemic, many of us — especially older adults — have had to weigh feeling lonely versus feeling safe. The effects of more than...
The Seattle Times is launching a new reporting team dedicated to mental health and solutions that could get more people the care they need. Experts...
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