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March is Women’s History Month, a month when women are especially celebrated for their strength, vigor and resilience. Coverage of women breaking records, closing the gender pay gap and opening small businesses are just a few of the top headlines...

Teen Health Week has gone global. Begun in Pennsylvania in 2016, the annual celebration of adolescent health and mental health now includes more than 27 states and 36 countries. This year – from March 18 to 24 – teens, teachers...

“Healing emotional pain is not as straightforward as rebuilding physical structures, or restoring cell service,” said Chirlane McCray, New York City’s first lady, as she announced the city’s initiative to help address Puerto Rico’s mental health crisis in the aftermath...

Imagine a world without racism, poverty or chronic illness. In that world, would the prevalence of mental illness look differently among communities of color? Marvel’s newest hit film, Black Panther, poses that very question (“‘Black Panther’ and mental health in...

It is well known that unhealthy eating patterns can cause mood swings. Blood sugar fluctuations and nutritional imbalances are often to blame. Without a steady source of fuel from the foods we eat, our mind and bodies don’t function well....

This article was originally published on AfroPunk.com. Read the original piece here. We still have a serious issue in the black community when it comes to mental health issues. Even though all races go through mental illness, many black people are...

With a brassy laugh and penchant for bringing her granddaughter to appointments, Ms. L had been a memorable patient for Dr. Audrey M. Provenzano. That’s why it was such a shock when Ms. L admitted that she had started using...

Over 7.9 million people in the U.S. have a dual diagnosis according to a 2014 study by the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI). A “dual diagnosis” is the condition in which one is diagnosed with a mental illness as...

Eating disorders are disturbingly pervasive among figure skaters, yet the skating community has long swept them under the rug. This month, at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeonchang, South Korea, American figure skater Adam Rippon broke the silence when he...

Forty million individuals in the U.S. have a mental illness or condition according to Mental Health America’s 2017 data. That’s one in five adults! What’s more is the disturbing decline of teen and young adult mental health. In the same...

Five years ago, family physician Pamela Wible began compiling a list of doctors who have completed suicide. Since then, she has documented 757 cases. She found that dying by suicide is one of the medical profession’s greatest risks. Doctors have...

In my 10 years as a corrections officer, I have witnessed many changes – the biggest of which has been our approach to responding to people who are incarcerated who have a mental health diagnosis. Stressful and challenging, working in the...