The stigma against homelessness and mental illness is apparent in our community’s media and more disturbingly in our city council. The inhumane attempt for a shelter on hot concrete near the airport ...

This latest step comes a day ahead of World Mental Health Day, which takes place on Saturday (Oct. 10). The initiative was launched in coordination with her brother Christopher Cornell and in ...

Today, the people we rely on to protect our communities – our local police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel – are leaving the profession in record numbers. That doesn’t have to ...

To the Editor: I am a mother who has spent years pleading for help for my 9-year-old daughter’s severe mental health needs, exhausting every available resource — therapy, crisis services, in-home ...

I have good days and bad days. The bad days are accentuated by stigma and the pressure to act “normal” while the world seems to spin out of control on the news and on social media. May 6 was the 2024 ...

I wish to make an important distinction between mental illness and emotional disturbance while we talk about gun violence. The vast majority of mass shooters do not have a mental illness such as ...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to fight stigma, provide support, educate the public and advocate for equal care. Mental illness is a medical condition, often surrounded by stigma that ...

My name is Jason. I’m a recovering addict and I’ve been incarcerated for seven years. I want to share my thoughts and views of addiction and the stigma that comes with it. As a recovering addict, I am ...

The Depp vs. Heard civil defamation trial was the central focus of many media sites for its entire duration. Social platforms such as Instagram and TikTok saw a massive trend in #justiceforjohnnydepp ...

As a first-generation Mexican American, access to mental health services was a foreign concept when my family and I first came to the United States. Not because the U.S. lacks resources to provide ...

One of the drawbacks of living in a free society is nature’s unrelenting requirement that we balance liberties with responsibilities. Asheville has a love affair with the former, while it shuns the ...