Amy Donaldson
Producer at KSL-AM (Salt Lake City, UT)
Producer at KSL Podcasts, Writer, host of (#1 pod) The Letter, Co-host of Voices of Reason, Dog lover, Cat convert (also mom, grandma and trail runner) she/her
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3 days ago |
abc.net.au | Avani Dias |Amy Donaldson |Maddy King
"I actually wasn't surprised."That was NSW mental health minister Rose Jackson's response to our Four Corners story exposing the state of the system she oversees. We uncovered that people are waiting up to four days for critical mental health treatment in one of the country's busiest emergency departments. Doctors revealed they feel pressured by higher ups to discharge patients too soon.
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5 days ago |
abc.net.au | Avani Dias |Amy Donaldson |Maddy King
Desperate and grieving families say they're living with the consequences of the crisis in New South Wales' public mental health system. Their loved ones are part of a group the system does not adequately care for, known as "the missing middle" — people with complex mental health needs who are too unwell for a GP, but not sick enough to be admitted to hospital.
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6 days ago |
abc.net.au | Avani Dias |Amy Donaldson |Maddy King
A corridor, in one of the country's busiest emergency departments, has become a makeshift waiting room. People wait on chairs and sleep on the floor. In April, one man in desperate need of help waited 93 hours — almost four days — for a mental health bed. The man forced to wait in Sydney's Westmead Hospital has schizoaffective disorder, a condition that combines psychosis with mood episodes like mania or depression.
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3 weeks ago |
ksl.com | Amy Donaldson
SANDY — For the last five months, some parents of Juan Diego Catholic High School's boys basketball team have worried that allegations of recruiting against the team's head coach would adversely impact the players. The team has played under a cloud of uncertainty after the Utah High School Activities Association sent a letter to Juan Diego on Dec.
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Feb 27, 2025 |
abc.net.au | Avani Dias |Amy Donaldson
The NSW government must urgently rebuild the state's mental health system, one of the nation's leading psychiatrists says, as he warns the situation is "as bad as it's ever been". Professor Pat McGorry, a former Australian of the Year, met with the state's premier on Thursday following a mass resignation of psychiatrists and the shutdown of beds at hospitals.
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