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whitney mcknight / reporting on mental health


Intimacy post-injury, administering to the mental health needs of detainees in war, and seeking tran
A few men's heads turned last night when Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie and I sat, chatting in the Daiquiri Bar at the Army Navy...


Presenting Mental Health Consult for Primary Care
WASHINGTON, DC - For those of you who see patients in a primary care setting, those of you who are unsure of how to provide the best in...


Alzheimer's: Could you do what this woman is doing to protect her husband?
WATERTOWN, Mass. -- I was sent to tell a story about a man with early onset Alzheimer's disease. Steve Johanson, 62, had been paired with...


Obama administration holds 'listening session' on storytelling to improve men's mental h
Rourke Weaver and Iden Campbell at a 'listening session' on men's mental health, sponsored by the Dept. of Health & Human Services, Jan....


If young adults with schizophrenia get these 4 things, they can succeed at work and school, and live
CAPITOL HILL -- The young woman on the right, Maggie, age 20, is one of the most intriguing young women with mental illness I have...


When the weather was right in France
NICE, FRANCE -- Unlike the horrid weather of late in the south of France, when my partner and I and his children were there in the late...


When a city makes you happy to live there...
If only our cities and towns were more bike- and pedestrian-friendly, our health would improve, we'd be more connected to ourselves and...




















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