The following interview is part of a “future of mental health” interview series that will be running for 100+ days. This series presents different points of view about what helps a person in distress.

CHICO — When Steve Lopez, author of “The Soloist,” met psychiatrist Mark Ragins to find out more about mental illness, he did several things right. His question was not, “Can you take care of (his ...

Murders - especially random mass murders - are frightening. And when we're frightened, we look for explanations that will restore some sense of safety to the world. That's one reason so many people ...

Mark Ragins in the Los Angeles Times on reacting to Aurora Ragins, a psychiatrist, notes that many Americans might feel reassured if mental health issues factored into the Aurora shooting, though ...

MOUNT VERNON — A pioneer in mental health and substance abuse care called on Skagit County’s care providers Thursday to adopt a more empathetic model. In a lecture to practitioners, Dr. Mark Ragins ...

In some ways it would be reassuring to find out that the gunman in Friday's horrific Colorado shootings is mentally ill, because then we could begin figuring out new ways to keep ourselves safe. Some ...

The middle-aged man was eating an apple with his head tilted back, as if he expected the ceiling to cave in at any moment. He wore dark shades and a red ball cap, and on top of the ball cap was a ...

Ever walked down the street or been driving by and seen an unkempt-looking man agitatedly talking to thin air in a confused and anxious state? Ever seen a woman in a public place with disheveled hair ...

CHICO — A free presentation with Mark Ragins, a founding staff member of the Village, a nonprofit group in Long Beach that helps people with mental health care, will take place tonight at 6 p.m. at ...