Mental health — Writing

Mental illness, overdose, and suicide rates are increasing in Black and Brown communities. Here’s what The Steve Fund is doing to help.

Knowing how to advocate for yourself in a health care setting, can be the difference between life and death.

Do You Have High Functioning Depression?

Black women are disproportionately at risk, and Dr. Judith Joseph says if we don’t heal, eventually “something’s going to give.”

Watch as WIB health data reporter Anissa Durham interviews Alishia McCullough about her new book on Black women and eating disorders.

Black Men Redefine What Masculinity Means

In the age of toxic masculinity, how are Black men navigating racial stereotypes and its intersections with masculinity?

Reproductive care, mental health care, and preventing opioid use are some of the top concerns young people have. Here are their perspectives.

Simone Biles dominated the 2024 Paris Olympics. We asked Black women what Biles outspokenness about mental health means to them.

With a shortage of Black psychiatrists and an ongoing mental health crisis, Dr. Russell Ledet tells us his hope for change.

Black teens are constantly on social media to form connections. But, with a looming TikTok ban and recent advisory warning, what’s the harm?

With an increase in Black youth suicide rates, it’s more important than ever to normalize the conversation on mental health.

A new initiative by the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention aims to bring hope and healing to those in the Black community.

From the fight for emancipation to MLK to the present, you can’t give everything to this movement and expect to be OK.