Desperately seeking your soulmate, or your former self? Apps may be on the way
At the recent TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon in New York, 500 or so techies in teams built amazing apps. One gives the homeless jobless a foot in the door.
Judy Lightfoot
Judy Lightfoot writes about how the region's people confront a variety of challenges. She often draws on her weekly one-on-one coffees with individuals sharing our public spaces who are socially isola
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The story of psychiatric meds is all about progress. Isn't it?
As the use of 'miraculous' psychiatric drugs rose, so did the rate of disability for mental illness. A medical journalist asked why, and his findings shed light on even the most commonly used antidepressants.
Some good employment news where you wouldn't expect to find it
For people who are jobless and have been homeless, economic self-sufficiency may seem impossible. But a new study shows formerly homeless families in Washington are making progress.
Gen. Chiarelli asks Seattle: What are we going to do about vets?
Gen. Peter Chiarelli told a UW town hall that our region needs a central point of contact to link local veterans organizations, reach out to service members, and confront the stigma of mental illness.
Robert Whitaker in Seattle to talk about more psychiatric drugs, sicker patients
The prize-winning journalist and author of 'Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America' reads Tuesday (May 10) in Seattle.