I moved out from my wife and children and wanted to throw myself off bridge. But getting a dog saved me from the depths of depression ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to expand involuntary mental health commitments, a decision she said was driven by the recent subway attacks.

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Carter’s death is a moment to reassess his legacy, also an opportunity to reflect on how the media and the political world treated him so unfairly.

The care specialists mostly respond to mental health concerns, including depression and sometimes suicidal ideation, but also support students experiencing roommate conflicts, homesickness or ...

There’s a phrase in Haitian Creole that describes feelings of extreme stress, anxiety, or depression that are all too common among the thousands of new migrants arriving in Massachusetts: tet chaje.

Recently, in response to an Australian National University report on the unmet needs in mental health care, housing and social services in Australia, Health Minister Mark Butler said that "the ...

More than 700,000 days of nursing and midwifery staff time have been lost due to mental ill health ... provide the highest quality care for their patients. “The Health Secretary is making ...

Indeed, while concern for mental health and self-care are increasingly prevalent across US society, our conversation with this player and the 25 others we spoke to for our new book, The End of College ...

Last year, a judge studying an inmate’s suicide concluded mental health care at the facility was “completely inadequate.” ...