Mental Health

If we’ve learned anything this past year, it’s that life is too short and unpredictable to continue to put our…

Over the past several years, the term “self-care” has been gaining popularity—according to Google Trends, the number…

Content warning: The following article discusses mental illness and SI.

I can credit my sense of doing the impossible from my mom, a woman who has faced a fair amount of adversity and…

The pilot period for a program in Denver that sends healthcare workers to respond to calls for mental health and…

Mayor Lovely Warren of Rochester, N.Y., is recommending that the city be allowed to fire police officers for cause,…

In case you’d somehow missed it, we’re now in Black History Month—and yes, still in a panny. For most of us, it’s…

This year was tough, and it seems like everybody can tell you a different, personal reason why.

Earlier this year, The Root reported on a new Facebook Watch series focusing on mental health and wellness, Peace of…

I think it’s safe to say that it’s been a challenging year.

Editor’s note: The following article contains a reference to suicide.

Content warning: This article discusses and refers to a potential suicide.

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The last 24 hours have been emotionally draining for all of us, but thankfully Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has…

In July, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade joined forces to launch the Social Change Fund. Its purpose? To…

Philadelphians turned out for the second night of protests on Tuesday night in the wake of the fatal police shooting…

Nicole Russell discovered the power of paper tearing by serendipitous accident. A few years ago, when her younger…

Tamar Braxton slammed WE TV, the network that broadcasts her family’s reality TV show Braxton Family Values, after…

What the world needs now (other than a hard reset) is a healthy dose of empathy, and Saturday’s World Mental Health…

In a world where Black people are faced with racism, injustice and ongoing affronts to our dignity, it is as…