DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors in Daytona Beach say they’ve filed attempted second-degree murder and child abuse charges against a pregnant South Carolina woman…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Volusia County Court Judge Shirley Green found probable cause for the charges against pregnant South Carolina mother Ebony Wilkerson during Wilkerson’s first appearance in court Saturday and set her bond at $1.2 million. A date for an arraignment was not released. On Tuesday, Wilkerson of North Charleston, South Carolina, drove to […]
DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says Miami Dolphins tackle Jonathan Martin has left the team to receive professional assistance for emotional issues, and he won’t play in Thursday night’s game against Cincinnati. The person said Thursday that Martin was with relatives, and that his issues didn’t involve any problems with […]
Would you ever say I’ve got lupus or I’ve got diabetes without knowing if you really had the diseases? Probably not but most us frequently will say we are depressed whether or not we’ve been diagnosed. Depression is more than feeling sad or down every once in a while. Depression is a serious illness that […]
Tom Joyner Morning Show senior producer Nikki Woods goes “Beyond the Studio” with reality star Tami Roman about dealing with and overcoming anger and depression.
DALLAS (AP) — Surveillance video showing a Dallas police officer shooting a mentally ill man standing still about 20 feet away contradicts the assertion of an officer that the man threatened his safety by lunging at him with a knife. Bobby Gerald Bennett remains hospitalized after being shot in the stomach Monday. The officer who […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The San Francisco city attorney filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the state of Nevada, claiming it has wrongfully and intentionally bused psychiatric patients to the city and declined to pay the costs connected with their care. City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed the case in San Francisco Superior Court a day […]
Finish this sentence for me. If I had a son, he’d look like? The President said Trayvon. “If I had a son he’d look like Aaron Alexis”- that is the new Internet meme. That’s the new hashtag that’s trending on Twitter. If Obama had a son he’d look like Aaron Alexis. If Obama had a […]
Jacque Reid goes “Inside Her Story” with Asha Tarry, founder and CEO of The Collective Advocates for Social Change & Development about black women and mental health. Plus, she provides resources on how women can find affordable mental healthcare. For more information visit here.
The headline was stretched across the top of The Washington Post last week: Therapists say African Americans are increasingly seeking help for mental illness. While no major studies have documented it by the numbers, therapists told the newspaper that they increasingly had begun to see more black patients in their practices. “I’ve seen an increasing […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday called for a more robust national discussion on mental illness, saying the time had come to bring the issue “out of the shadows.” Speaking at the opening session of a White House conference on mental health, the president said his goal was to let people affected by […]
“It is easier to raise strong children than repair broken men.” – Frederick Douglass Douglass said those words years ago, but their wisdom is timeless. Watching DMX on the latest episode of “Iyanla, Fix My Life,” I was reminded of them. The rapper/actor, born Earl Simmons, agreed to appear on the show at the urging […]
