According to a recent study, about 20% of African-Americans might acquire mental illness in their life time. In recent years, a large...

Contributed through The Holistic Lioness. Original post here My name is Veronica Lombo. I am the daughter of two Filipino immigrants. ...

Not many people are aware that October 4th-10th is Mental Illness Awareness Week. And in all honesty this week meant very little to me...

Like most Mondays I grabbed my morning herbal tea and sat down at my laptop to begin sifting through emails from the weekend, as my...

It was Saturday afternoon (September 6th 2014), and I sat in the extremely crowded Atlanta, GA CNN Center having lunch with my mentee...

“Young African-American men suffer from much higher rates of depression because of trauma compared to their white counterparts, and many...

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On Thursday, October 9th, and Friday, October 10th, black lawmakers in partnership with pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly met in...

In my journey to start Black Girls Smile (BGS) I have for obvious reasons had to become more vocal in regards to my diagnosis of...

Michelle Williams, member of Destiny’s Child, Broadway star and solo artist recently opened up about her lifetime battle with depression....