Mental health

Some experts say it’s especially hard for people in Northeast Ohio to find Black therapists as more people seek out therapists from similar backgrounds as their own.

The 3-digit suicide and crisis lifeline – 988 – fielded nearly half a million more calls, texts and chats in its first 5 months than the old 10-digit Lifeline did during the same time in 2021.

Summa Health is opening a new 64-bed mental health and addiction hospital on its main campus in Downtown Akron this month, replacing its historic St. Thomas Campus, where services are winding down.

The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for a mental health crisis among youth.

Northeast Ohio crisis hotline operations report the nationwide 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is not working.

The governor wants to make mental and behavioral health services a priority in the new General Assembly.

Comments from judgmental relatives can sometimes be the difference between a good holiday and a bad one, but mental health professionals say it doesn’t have to be that way.

More patients have been seeking help for seasonal affective disorder in the last two weeks, according to a Cleveland-based child and family therapist.

The 988 national hotline was launched this summer, and the funding for Ohio's hotline will run out in less than a year.

Only recently have researchers begun to understand the connection between trauma from viewing racial incidents in the media and poor health outcomes among Black Americans.