Mental Health in the News

Where Is Trump on the Opioid Epidemic?

Just over 100 days in office: That's approximately 9,100 people who have died from drug overdoses, especially opioid pain pills, heroin...

When Celebrities Die By Suicide That Makes News

When celebrities take their lives that makes the news. Some page one people have included Robin Williams (age 63), Kurt Cobain (27),...

Murder Amidst Celebration: Nice France Terrorism

Le quartorze juillet, 14 July, Bastille Day in France celebrates the storming of the Bastille, then a prison and fortress in Paris, two...

A War With No Name

It is becoming difficult to remember all the killings. Among the places draped in black are Brussels, Lahore, Germany twice over, Japan,...

Violence: What We Know And What We Need To Know

Violence is painfully once again in the headlines in this county. Orlando tragically adds to the list of mass shootings this year that...

Force Changes In Mental Health Care

Henry, a 43-year-old educated and now unemployed white man in the Midwest, was taking a potentially lethal overdose of narcotic pills...

Painful Shadow of Prince's Death

In the wake of Prince's death, opioids are once again in the headlines. While precise details remain private, The New York Times reported...

Mental Health and Civil Rights: The Kennedy Legacy

"Now the trumpet summons us again -- not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need--not as a call to battle, though embattled we are --...

YOUNG MINDS MATTER: Helping Young People Succeed

Hats off to The Duchess of Cambridge for her remarkable vision in seeing that the future for all children, and thus our societies, lies...