/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/GI3XDMR3FM43GOBFO5J2TQMOXM.jpg "‘It just led me to spiral’: Mike King’s daughter Tekay on mental health battle")
Tekay King and his father, comedian and mental health advocate Mike King. Photo / Supplied WARNING: The article talks about suicide Mike King has helped many young men and women across the country fight mental health battles and help promote life. But even his experience as a mental health advocate and his own past could … Read more
Panaji: The Bombay High Court in Goa arrested the state government on Thursday for its delay in constituting a mental Health authority despite the fact that he assured the high court in January 2020 that he would take expeditious measures to constitute it. The divisional bench made up of Justices Sadhana Jadhav and Manish Pitale … Read more
Addiction is defined as a chronic relapsing disorder characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use despite adverse consequences. It is treated as a brain disorder, as it involves functional disturbances in brain circuits involved in reward, stress, and self-control. Although those alterations can remain for a long time after a person has stopped taking drugs. … Read more
KENT, Ohio — A new program launched in the Kent City School District is helping Black boys and men address and improve their mental health. But they don’t just do it through words, they also use music to find a light in the dark. “We’re cheering each other on the best way we can,” said … Read more
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CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) – Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division announced Wednesday that they have opened an investigation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to determine whether the state of South Carolina subjects adults with mental illness to unnecessary institutionalization and the risk of institutionalization in adult residences. According to Justice … Read more