As the daughter of a dad with paranoid schizophrenia, Delaney Ruston, a physician and filmmaker, wanted to find a better way to help her father when he was in crisis. In a film she made with the ...

Andrea Boyd’s son has been in crisis often enough to know the urgency of getting treatment when he needs it. In his 20s, without proper care and medication, he drifted onto the streets for nearly a ...

Yvonne Smith has had a pair of mental illnesses diagnosed over the years, but it wasn't until a severe psychotic episode landed her in a psychiatric ward that she came to a sober realization: Although ...

Periodically in this column we address the importance of obtaining power of attorney documents so that individuals may appoint trusted agents to handle their legal and financial affairs and make ...

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 ...

States generally allow a person (principal) to appoint another person (agent) to make health care decisions, receive protected health information, or both on the principal’s behalf. In many states, ...