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Wildfires can impact your mental health

By Johanna Bejarano September 6, 2023

Wildfires can be frightening and result in overflowing emotions. Fear, anxiety and even depression can arise before, during and after these natural disasters, but specialists say there are still resources to cope with the trauma that environmental emergencies can cause.Read More

Psilocybin: Psychology, Policy and Possibilities – With Sam Chapman

By Ashley Beard January 5, 2023

Sueann sits in front of a computer screen where Sam Chapman appears on zoom. Click for story.

What do you really know about psilocybin, commonly known as magic mushrooms? Research on the substance has lagged behind in the U.S. but, recent grassroots movements and a non-profit in […]Read More

Psilocybin: Psychology, Policy and Possibilities – ‘Traverse Talks’ Episode 41 – With Sam Chapman

By Ashley Beard January 5, 2023

Sueann Ramella interviews Sam Chapman virtually on April 19, 2022. What do you really know about psilocybin, commonly known as magic mushrooms? Research on the substance has lagged behind in […]Read More

Is Your Brain Like A Computer? ‘Traverse Talks’ Episode 34 – With Retired Major General Sarah Zabel

By Ashley Beard September 27, 2022

This is a photo of Major General Sarah Zabel. She sits in front of a brick wall and talks into a microphone. She appears contemplative.

Sarah Zabel is focused during the interview with Sueann Ramella. This interview of Traverse Talks was recorded on March 15, 2022 at the Spokane Public Radio station. Sarah Zabel is […]Read More

Is Your Brain Like A Computer? – With Retired Major General Sarah Zabel

By Ashley Beard September 27, 2022

In this photo, Sarah Zabel displays a focused and serious look as she speaks into a microphone.

Sarah Zabel is a retired U.S. Air Force major general and former vice director of the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency. After witnessing one of her best friends experience a […]Read More

Isolation, depression plague college freshmen

By Murrow News - Chloe Houser April 26, 2021

Maren Lopez spent her first semester at home in California, far away from Washington State University’s Pullman campus. “I was just in my room constantly last semester. It was horrible […]Read More

Youth Suicide Rates Are On The Rise In The U.S.

By PBS Newshour October 19, 2019

No racial or ethnic group has been spared in this rising rate among young Americans, according to federal data.

While suicide was the 10th most common cause of death among Americans of all ages in 2017, it was the second leading cause of death among young Americans age 15 to 24, according to new data released Thursday from the National Center for Health Statistics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More

Study: Changing Diet Can Help Boost Mood And Tamp Down Depression

By NPR News October 11, 2019

Depression symptoms dropped significantly in a group of young adults who ate a Mediterranean-style diet for three weeks. It's the latest study to show that food can influence mental health. Read More

Mountain West Farmers Turn To Twitter To Discuss Depression Amid Concern For Their Well Being

By NWPB News December 10, 2018

Larry McMillan drives a combine as he harvests barley Friday, Aug. 24, 2007, near Moscow, Idaho. The region's warm and dry weather has provided optimal conditions for the continued harvest season. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Ranchers and farmers living in the Mountain West are vulnerable to all kinds of things—drought, fluctuating crop prices, trade wars—and in part because of those things - depression and suicide. But there's some help out there, from an unlikely source: Twitter.Read More

U.S. Suicide Rates Are Rising Faster Among Women Than Men

By NPR News June 14, 2018

You can help prevent suicide, researchers say, by knowing the signs and reaching out. More boys and men in the U.S. take their own lives than women and girls, but that difference has narrowed.Read More

Depression And The Composer: Rachmaninoff’s Story

By Anjuli Dodhia May 9, 2018

Franz Liszt once said, “Mournful and grand is the destiny of an artist.” Was he referring to the seemingly large proportion of artists that suffer from some sort of mental disorder? Sergei Rachmaninoff was one. He dealt with depression throughout his life, but not only did he mostly overcome it, his management of it fueled his composing.Read More