Mental Health

Confronting the stigma of mental illness.

Christina Rice created OMNoire as a platform to empower more women in the Black community to practice self-care.

Nikki Webber Allen launched I Live For, a nonprofit that provides a platform to address mental illness for Black teenagers.

Try these eight tips to relax your mind and help you regain control of your thoughts.

In a recent interview with PEOPLE's Jess Cagle, the renowned talk show host discusses how her career in helping others also aided in helping herself.

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Alfred Olango was not mentally ill, but suffered from a mental breakdown over the death of a close friend when he was fatally shot by police, his family alleged at a presser on Thursday.

Fourteen-year-old Bresha Meadows took the life of her father in July. She is currently behind bars on charges of aggravated murder. But Bresha’s family is calling her a “hero,” who saved them all from the verbally and physically abusive Jonathan Meadows. Police allege Bresha shot her father as he slept in their Warren, Ohio home, using the same gun with which […]

NY launches mental health initiative for young children. Researchers say that children of color disproportionately lack access to quality mental health services.

In this week's CBC Message to America, Congresswoman Corrine Brown (D-FL) the ranking member of Veterans Affairs discusses how the Veterans Crisis Line can help prevent suicides amongst our soldiers.

In a special editorial piece for The Huffington Post, FLOTUS shares why the mental heath of both children and army veterans is more important than ever, also explaining how the Affordable Care Act works with patients to help get the care they need.

Kevin Tyrone Powell was charged with attempted first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury after walking into the salon -- owned by his mother, Derema "Miss Dee" Burch -- and shooting her in the face.