Mental Health

Governor Snyder’s proposed 2017 budget caused quite a stir in the pub- lic community mental system. It was reported Snyder’s fiscal 2017 budget called for…

NEW YORK (AP) — Six weeks after her arrival at Rikers Island, an argument over who should clean a jailhouse shower sent Candie Hailey to…

In Chicago, along the Dan Ryan and Kennedy expressways, it is normal to be greeted by the homeless holding up signs for help. Many have…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Nashville prosecutor has been fired after reports surfaced that he made sterilization of women part of plea negotiations in some…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The police shooting in Georgia earlier this month of a naked, unarmed Black man with bipolar disorder spotlights the growing number…

  The issue of depression among young Black men is a rarely discussed topic of conversation. At a symposium held at the University of Chicago School of Social Service in February, Dr. Waldo Johnson Jr. said, “Black boys are more depressed because they believe their physical safety is always being threatened. Their families are economically […]

Stress in childhood may lead to long-term effects on physical and mental health. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Psychiatry are conducting a…

When a man opened fire at a hospital outside Philadelphia, fatally shooting his caseworker and wounding his psychiatrist, the doctor saved his own life and…

The issue of depression among young Black men is a rarely discussed topic of conversation. At a symposium held at the University of Chicago School…

Don Lemon recently shared a personal detail about his life that very few people know. Prompted by the killing of seven people in a shooting…