Mental Health

Dennis Deska is not considered competent enough to stand trial for aggravated assault, but he still went to jail — not a psychiatric hospital.

The controversial Netflix series graphically depicts a suicide. Researchers wondered how much harm does the second season might do.

For more than a decade, Meg Miller has posted lawn signs that aim to inspire us to slow down and think a little more.

The new measure requires insurers to cover mental health care to the same extent and degree as physical health, and expands the conditions that qualify.

Money, transportation and stigma make getting treatment hard — but what if help came to women who need it?

Women of color are less likely to get treatment for postpartum depression because they fear they'll be judged too quickly or harshly by child-welfare services.

After apparent suicides rocked the communities of Newtown, Conn., and Parkland, Fla., one shooting survivor speaks out about lasting mental health repercussions.

Eating disorder supports are often expensive and not culturally inclusive. As a result, communities of color are building their own opportunities for healing.

The father of a Sandy Hook victim killed himself Monday, just days after two Stoneman Douglas students also took their lives.

To help students suffering from trauma and mental illness, Delaware lawmakers want to boost the number of elementary school counselors and psychologists.

A study finds the percentage of U.S. teens and young adults reporting mental distress, depression and suicidal thoughts and actions has risen significantly in 10 years.

A conversation with YA fiction writer Laurie Halse Anderson on her own sexual assault when she was 13 years old and how to talk to young people about sexual violence.

Anxiety about side effects can keep people from starting or sticking to drug regimens or medical procedures.

Rutgers-Camden study pinpoints childhood trauma as likely source of anxiety, depression and suggests healthy family life, civic engagement can mitigate problems.

After years of being beaten up, this teen decided to take justice into his own hands. A school district in Oregon showed him a better way to solve his problems.