
Taylor Blatchford
Engagement Reporter, Investigations at Seattle Times
engagement reporter covering mental health @SeattleTimes • MA in journalism education from @KentStateMDJ • always baking or reading • she/her
Articles
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4 days ago |
tri-cityherald.com | Taylor Blatchford
Involuntary mental health treatment is meant to provide vital care to people in dire need of treatment. It also raises ethical questions about when it's acceptable to strip someone of their civil liberties. In a story published Sunday, reporter Jayati Ramakrishnan examined the dilemmas plaguing the state's involuntary treatment system - and why efforts to improve it haven't worked.
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5 days ago |
seattletimes.com | Taylor Blatchford
The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility for children and families. The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over work produced by this team. Involuntary mental health treatment is meant to provide vital care to people in dire need of treatment.
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6 days ago |
seattletimes.com | Taylor Blatchford
The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility for children and families. The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over work produced by this team. Involuntary mental health commitment gets at one of our society’s most delicate questions: When does our belief about the care someone needs override their right to decide for themselves?
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3 weeks ago |
tri-cityherald.com | Taylor Blatchford
May 14-King County is considering a Capitol Hill property at Broadway and Union for a 24/7 walk-in crisis center to serve people who need urgent mental health care, the county confirmed Tuesday. The potential location, first reported by Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, is tucked into a busy commercial area, close to Seattle University and a few blocks away from the Pike-Pine core.
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3 weeks ago |
seattletimes.com | Taylor Blatchford
The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility for children and families. The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over work produced by this team. King County is considering a Capitol Hill property at Broadway and Union for a 24/7 walk-in crisis center to serve people who need urgent mental health care, the county confirmed Tuesday.
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The @UW will soon try a new approach to helping students and employees in mental health crises, based on a philosophy that’s become increasingly mainstream: Mental health professionals are better equipped than police to respond to some emergencies. https://t.co/S6u06oonPg

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Three months after a new walk-in center for people in crisis opened in Kirkland, its operators say things are running smoothly, but it’s served fewer patients than expected. What can King County learn as it plans to open five centers with the same model? https://t.co/0zkAeUJDwN