Since a 2024 Supreme Court ruling stripped federal protections from people living on public property with nowhere else to go, sweeps of unhoused encampments have increased nationwide. But clearing a […]
The Future Friends concert series pairs live music, phone-free social events, and mental health resources to fight loneliness on college campuses.
New legislation requires Sacramento County homelessness efforts to be coordinated among five cities to bridge funding gaps and shelter needs.
Five immigrants in Texas ICE detention centers share their stories of severe neglect, harsh conditions, and struggling with mental health while facing deportation.
NAMI's Healing Minnesota is investing $1 million into grassroots mental health support to help local communities recover from trauma and crisis.
A Boston transplant – by way of Vietnam – sprouts local roots to help MindSite News deepen its Bay Area connections.
A look at the American Penal Press Contest, a reboot in its second year.
Sam Jackson was once a student of James Withers. This week, the pioneer of Street Medicine watched Jackson take over Chicago’s Street Psychiatry pilot program.
The latest CDC teen depression statistics show notable drops in sadness and suicide risk, but critics warn key data was left out. Here’s what the report missed.
Keana Shatteen is building emotional literacy for girls in Chicago, helping middle school students turn feelings into positive communication.
Suicide is nearly impossible to predict, but gun access is not. Research shows red flag laws and firearm policy save more lives than risk assessment.
Postpartum depression gets the spotlight, but anxiety, psychosis, and other perinatal mental illnesses often go unnoticed and untreated.
TikTok videos of freshmen quitting college are going viral, but the data says Gen Z isn't dropping out more than past generations.
Recovery residences help Georgians beat addiction, but neighbors and zoning laws across Georgia are pushing sober living homes out.
A House Oversight report finds the Navy ignored years of warnings about brain injuries in fighter pilots, despite deaths and low-cost fixes.
A Virginia mother’s conviction has reignited a national debate on free range parenting laws.
Twenty-five years after the World Trade Center attacks, survivors share their stories and how helping others sparked post-traumatic growth.
A massive genome study reveals how much of your personality is genetic, linking 1,260 DNA variants to Big Five traits and real-world behavior.
Billions were spent on the 988 lifeline, but fewer than 1 in 5 people in crisis use it. Here is what research reveals about the gap in mental health care.
Football cannot be made completely safe for a child’s brain, but smart choices can lower the risk. Discover how flag leagues and reduced contact protect youth.
An investigation into hospitals turning away patients with severe addiction, and the stigma inside U.S. medicine that leaves most people untreated.
Inside the Lindsay Clancy trial, where mothers nationwide are watching a jury weigh insanity vs. guilt and asking what the mental health system owes them.
As jurors deadlock in the Lindsay Clancy trial, revisit our interview with Yvonne Abraham on Latarsha Sanders and how race shapes insanity defenses.
Grace Coleman is serving a life sentence for a DUI that killed two parents. Now she's focused on rehabilitation, recovery, and making amends.
The "Press 3" option is slated to return this fall — but without the support of The Trevor Project, which piloted the program.
