Mental Health

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Many children have lost parents to Covid. Here's how they're coping

In many ways, the needs of families who’ve lost a caregiver to Covid are similar to the needs of any family that’s lost a parent: grief support, mental health counseling, a way to replace lost income, help with logistics, and childcare, for instance. But the scale of Covid deaths creates a unique set of challenges.
- Eilís O'Neill
Why did a mental health crisis end in death for a 63-year-old Seattle man?

The press release simply stated that a 63-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell minutes after being booked. But reporters Sydney Brownstone and Greg Kim of The Seattle Times went beyond the press release — they dug into this story, and uncovered a lot more about who Michael Rowland was and how he died.
- Hans Anderson
Feeling seasonal blues? Get weird

There’s a lot of mental health advice out there about how to deal with seasonal depression. If this is something you deal with, you also may have an offbeat way or two of coping that can get you out of the rut. John Moe hosts the podcast Depresh Mode, and he talks about why seeking out unique and wei
- Patricia Murphy
KUOW's Swimming Upstream

KUOW's three-part series "Swimming Upstream" details the mental health-focused journey of one Seattle-area family through crisis.
- Liz Jones
Reporter's notebook: tending to childhood scars in a pandemic, both old and new

I knew I needed to rope my dad into an uncomfortable conversation — uncomfortable for me, anyway. I wanted to ask him to fill out a questionnaire about his ACEs, or Adverse Childhood Experiences.
- Liz Jones
For moms in recovery, these home visitors offer a lifeline

Toni Gardner is the type of person who will set up a lawn chair outside the hotel room of someone with a drug addiction, then wait for hours for a foot in the door to connect.
- Liz Jones
A family’s newfound resolve is tested — again: Swimming Upstream

After a major setback, a family’s will to keep up life-saving routines is put to the test.
- Liz Jones
Breaking a cycle of generational trauma: Swimming Upstream

A couple lost custody of their daughter after sinking deep into drug addiction. But an unanticipated event prompted them to turn things around.
- Liz Jones
A family’s mental health journey out of crisis: Swimming Upstream

A family was ripped apart by drug addiction. Now, they're picking up the pieces one day — and several mental health-focused strategies — at a time.
- Liz Jones
The added challenges of getting mental health care as a farmworker

Getting care can already be difficult when you live in a rural area — but there’s also a stigma surrounding discussions of mental health and self care in the agricultural industry. And getting proper care for your mental needs depends on what work you do, and who you are.
- Libby Denkmann

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