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“I really want to start an epidemic of listening, but not shallow listening — really listening to what people are saying,” Kay Keeler, 88, said.
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Integrating the arts, particularly music, into holistic health care continues to gain momentum in Washington state. Music therapy has found a foothold in Seattle, a hub for both medical care and music.
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Chief Seattle Club has built hundreds of affordable and supportive housing units, but some say residents need more mental health and substance abuse treatment.
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HearMeWa is a helpline designed to connect youth to services that can help them navigate crises using a more holistic approach than other traditional methods.
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In parts of the state, people are waiting weeks for a public defender — but even in King County, where it's a government job with good pay, public defenders say there aren't enough.
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Now offered in more than a dozen schools in Washington state, Clayful connects students with mental health coaches via text message.
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A group of lawmakers want a federal program that protects the health and wellbeing of commercial fishermen to be expanded to include substance use disorder and worker fatigue.
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Seattle Children's Hospital said it's boosting security in its Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit, after nurses in the unit raised concerns about low staffing levels and patients becoming more violent.
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More than 40 states filed legal actions against Meta on Tuesday, alleging that the company intentionally designed features that hooked a generation of young people.
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the city has hired six community responders to help police with lower priority 911 calls.