Lost Patients Event — A Community Conversation on the Mental Illness Crisis

Walking around Seattle, you’ve likely encountered someone with untreated psychosis. We're not alone in this — many U.S. cities are facing an ongoing crisis of people with severe mental illness who cycle between the streets, hospitals, and jails.

Why is it like this?

In the Lost Patients podcast, reporters from KUOW and The Seattle Times examined Washington state's maze-like system for treating severe mental illness and past decisions that led to this outcome.

Join KUOW’s Libby Denkmann and Lost Patients hosts Will James and Sydney Brownstone, along with a panel of guests, as we explore the current barriers to effective care for severe mental health issues and what it will take to find solutions.

Thursday, May 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Downtown Seattle Public Library.

Host:

Libby Denkmann, host of Soundside, KUOW

Featured Guests:

Will James, host and reporter of Lost Patients podcast

Sydney Brownstone, host and reporter of Lost Patients podcast

More guests to be announced

About the Lost Patients podcast

Lost Patients is a deeply-reported, six-part docuseries examining the difficulties of treating serious mental illness through the lens of one city's past, present and future. With real-life testimonials from patients, families, and professionals on the front lines, Lost Patients provides a real, solutions-oriented look at how we got stuck here...and what we might do to break free. Lost Patients is a joint production of KUOW and Seattle Times. It is distributed by the NPR Network.

Arrival Details

Doors open at 6 p.m. at the Seattle Public Library: 1000 Fourth Ave. Seattle, WA 98104

Microsoft Auditorium. Auditoriu Location: Level 1

This event is NOT hosted, sponsored, or endorsed by The Seattle Public Library. Any views that are discussed in this meeting are not a reflection of The Seattle Public Library’s views.

Photography of the stage and audio will be taken at this event.

Proof of vaccination and masks are not required. However, KUOW & UW strongly encourage wearing a mask for all event attendees.

KUOW is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities at our events. To request disability accommodations, please email KUOW events manager Charlotte Duren at [email protected] or call us at 206.221.7159 at least 7 days in advance of the event.

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