City Council members are set to consider next month a plan that would set aside $300,000 of the $5.86 million the city has been allotted from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act to help Mental Health Matters, a group of government and health workers that aims to improve mental health services in the region, get off the ground. Continue reading →

The holiday season is certainly a challenging time for those who are going it alone, including activists who have been on the front lines of protests this year. Continue reading →

Theodoric Chew, co-founder and chief executive officer of mental health app Intellect Intellect, a Singapore-based startup that wants to lower barriers to mental health care in Asia, says it has reached more than one million users just six months after launching. Google also announced today that the startups consumer app, also called Intellect, is one of its picks for best personal growth apps of 2020. Continue reading →

Selena Gomez wants people struggling with their mental health to know theyre not alone. The 28-year-old singer has battled with depression and anxiety in the past and recently came forward to reveal she has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and has said she wants to use her platform to help others in a similar position by offering them someone to talk to. Selena spoke as she admitted her makeup brand, Rare Beauty, would never have launched if she hadnt gone through the process of learning to love herself Continue reading →

Brains need continuous and consistent care. Susan Noonan, MD, MPH gives the 6 basics of mental health. Continue reading →

An increasing number of divorces this holiday season may be more than unfortunate byproduct of the pandemic. A new study that's the first of its kind found divorce may impact people's physical and mental health as well Continue reading →

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) Former Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith is all about giving back. He recently announced that he and his wife, Chanel, are helping reopen west Baltimores Hilton Rec Center Continue reading →

The recently released movie Uncle Frankgutted me. Its the story of Frank Bledsoe, the cool uncle to his teenage niece, Beth, who Frank encourages to find a world bigger than the repressed society where they grew up in rural South Carolina in the 60s and early 70s. Closeted to his family and battling addiction, Frank is an NYU professor who lives with his boyfriend and a cosmopolitan set of friends, a world apart from the one in which he grew up Continue reading →

A federal grant of $1.6 million will fund a hotline to help Montanans with mental health challenges stemming from the pandemic. The grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration was announced by the governor's office Monday. The Montana Crisis Recovery hotline is available at 1-877-503-0833 Continue reading →