KUOW Newsroom Seattle Fire to roll out new response unit for mental health, substance abuse calls Many of the nearly 94,000 calls made to emergency services last year didn’t actually require an emergency response, according to city officials.
KUOW Newsroom Snow melts, anxiety rises: Wildfire season is here Dry conditions this spring have put many people in north central Washington on edge.
Parents cheer final passage of bill to help mentally ill teens Washington state law can make it hard for families to help teens who are experiencing mental health issues. A bill that would change that just passed the legislature.
After Two Hurricanes, A 'Floodgate' Of Mental Health Issues In The Virgin Islands The new governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has issued a territory-wide mental health state of emergency, after two hurricanes in 2017 caused widespread trauma and stress among islanders.
4 teens died by suicide in Seattle area over the weekend Families across King County are mourning the deaths of four young people by suicide
KUOW Newsroom As youth suicides increase, these teens want to save lives How do you prevent kids from dying? Involve the whole school, says one University of Washington program.
KUOW Newsroom The kids are not alright. High schools grapple with rising rates of mental illness With rates of mental health disorders among adolescents are on the rise, some schools are working to provide more mental health education and more support for struggling students.
No Fake Drugs, More Jobs For Youth, End Child Sexual Abuse Online: A Vision For 2030 The 5 recipients of the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship predict how their projects will make the world a better place.
Is Seattle really dying? Mayor Jenny Durkan weighs in Gun control, bike lanes and homelessness. Mayor Durkan addresses them all.
70 percent of people who died in Washington and Oregon jails hadn't been convicted When Jeremy Lavender came back from a 15-month Army deployment in Iraq to live with his wife and new baby, “he wasn’t the same person,” according to Lavender’s ex-wife, Myra Shearer.
