CHICAGO CRUSADER — According to the National Alliance on Mental Health “an estimated 16 million American adults—almost 7% of the population—had at least one major depressive episode...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — For Susan Burton, helping formerly incarcerated women embrace a new way of life is a calling.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This year’s event will highlight the 400th year recognition of the first enslaved Africans brought to the shores of Virginia in 1619. It’s...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Black people with mental illnesses are already overrepresented in our jails and prisons.
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Founded by young people, for young people, the Peer Health Exchange (PHE) has worked to fill the health equity gap for youth in underserved...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The event brought together nearly 60 employers looking to fill more than 1,200 open positions.
ROLLINGOUT.COM — Zoe Kravitz looks for roles written for women of a different race.
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Transitions from one developmental stage to the next are very challenging periods for all human beings. Black youth, many of whom suffer from...
As a boy in Columbus, Ohio, Stephen Hinshaw didn’t understand why his father, Virgil Hinshaw Jr., an eminent philosophy professor whose mentors included Bertrand Russell and...
The number of people hospitalized because of amphetamine use is skyrocketing in the United States, but the resurgence of the drug largely has been overshadowed by...
By Daktari Shari Renée Hicks, Psy.D. It is seldom directly recognized that rhythmic harmonious movement is the natural state of being. Evidence of this fact is...
If you have a loved one with a severe and persistent mental health issue, enroll in these 12 free mental health classes. They are one night...
By Wade W. Nobles, Ph.D., Ifagbemi Sangodare, Nana Kwaku Berko I, and Bejana, Onebunne It is worth noting that as we enter this Black History Month,...
By Gerard A. Turner If research has taught us anything in recent years, it is the ever-evolving relationship between the mind and body. Now...
Karen Attiah, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — “All of these police brutality videos on my feed are making me sick,” a black male...
Karen Attiah, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — “All of these police brutality videos on my feed are making me sick,” a black male...
Amy Legate-Wolfe, CTV NEWS (CTV News) — Smartphones have been used to track everything from the steps you take to the food you eat. Now,...
Amy Legate-Wolfe, CTV NEWS (CTV News) — Smartphones have been used to track everything from the steps you take to the food you eat. Now,...
By Gwen Moore The life of a man with schizophrenia, 31-year-old Dontre Hamilton, ended after he was struck by 14 bullets from a Milwaukee...
(The Washington Post) – Robert Zarr is walking from his Columbia Heights medical practice toward Meridian Hill Park, talking about what’s going on inside his head....
(The Washington Post) – Robert Zarr is walking from his Columbia Heights medical practice toward Meridian Hill Park, talking about what’s going on inside his head....
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sticky plaque gets the most attention, but now healthy seniors at risk of Alzheimer’s are letting scientists peek...
Compiled from wire reports Special to the NNPA via the Florida Courier For the first time, a national scientific study has found a higher...
Compiled from wire reports Special to the NNPA via the Florida Courier For the first time, a national scientific study has found a higher...
By Aminah Cherry, MD According to various reports, depression affects 1 in 10 people throughout the United States. This condition, and other diseases affecting mental health...