Lost Patients compares the system for treating mental illness in America to an elaborate house, where every room, hallway and staircase was designed independently by a different architect. So what is it like to be shuttled from room to room? What sorts of tradeoffs are doctors working within this system forced to make every day? And what might it look like to design care around the needs of patients?
KUOW and the Seattle Times convened a forum at the Seattle Public Library to hear perspectives and answer questions. Featured guests included:
- Laura Van Tosh, patient advocate and founder and convener of Mental Health Policy Roundtable
- Carolynn Ponzoha, patient advocate and content creator who goes by @psychotic.in.seattle on TikTok
- Timothy Jolliff, acting senior director of clinical programs at the Downtown Emergency Service Center in Seattle
- Dr. Paul Borghesani, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine
You can find resources for people with mental illness and related stories from The Seattle Times and KUOW here:
https://www.seattletimes.com/component/lost-patients-podcast/
https://www.kuow.org/podcasts/lost-patients
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