Bipolar Disorder

Kanye West suffers from bipolar disorder. Everyone knows this because the rapper has been open about his struggles…

I once threw a party for myself that lasted 10 years.

In Keri Hilson’s 2008 single “Knock You Down,” Kanye West spit a particular line in his featured verse: “Cause we…

They tried to make it nice.

When I call my father on the weekends, we talk about a myriad of things. How the family is doing, politics, food, my…

Bassey Ikpi’s I’m Telling The Truth, But I’m Lying, the 43-year-old’s journey into her mental health struggle, is…

You know that scene in My Cousin Vinny where Vinny’s girlfriend, Mona Lisa Vito, played by Marissa Tomei, testifies…

Charlie Sheen, who at one time was definitely a terrible person who also happens to struggle with mental illness and…

Last week, on Monday night, was the 19th annual Women’s eNews 21 Leaders for the 21st Century gala at Club 101 in…

As I often tell people, what got me to finally get my life together (of sorts) was not me. I wish I was enough, but…

When you don’t listen to your body, your body has a way of forcing you to listen. Or at least that’s what my body…

“He needs someone to treat him like the teacher treated Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker,” I said.

After years of suffering in silence, Mariah Carey has opened up for the first time about her experiences with…

Mental health is a hefty topic of conversation, and oftentimes in the black community, it’s something that’s swept…

A Virginia man who was facing multiple charges, including committing a hate crime after police said he dragged a…

Theodora Marie is my mother. She is one-half of an identical twinship forged in Grandmother’s womb some 66 years…

A federal jury unanimously decided that police violated the rights of a 30-year-old black man when a family argument…

They say you can’t really help people in crisis unless they really want help. This past weekend, a video of former…

We’re living in a DIY culture, and there’s no one more DIY than bloggers. Blogging is a means of communication,…

Michelle Lee Shirley, 39, was fatally shot by Torrance, Calif., police as she approached a group of officers in her…