by Susan Keown | Nov 6, 2022 | ScienceWire
Hundreds of defendants across Washington are in a legal limbo, writes Esmy Jimenez (@esmyjimenez) for the Seattle Times, as they wait for a psychiatric bed to open in a state hospital. Despite a federal court settlement, the state still struggles to get defendants...
by Susan Keown | Sep 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
Those who arrived from the East to farm the Great Plains in the 19th century did not have easy lives, and contemporary writers spoke of the mental illness, or “Prairie Madness,” experienced by many of them. James Gaines (@the_jmgaines) writes for Atlas Obscura about a...
by Susan Keown | Jul 4, 2022 | ScienceWire
Ashi Blow (@ashliblow) writes for Crosscut about the impacts of climate change on the mental health of people in the Seattle area, as floods become commonplace in South Park, wildfire smoke causes breathing difficulties and forces people inside in late summer, and we...
by Susan Keown | Dec 2, 2021 | ScienceWire
For many journalists, the profession is an identity, not just a job, writes Wudan Yan (@wudanyan) for Poynter. But that can lead too easily to burnout as writers feel driven to catch each news cycle and work nights and weekends, often for low pay and with poor job...
by Chris Tachibana | Jan 2, 2021 | ScienceWire
For Outside magazine, Jane C. Hu has a new take on the effects of wildfires. Their damage is not limited to forests, homes, and lives lost, Jane writes. Wildfires have an impact on the mental health of survivors that we’re only just learning about. Bonus from...
