mental illness
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Former Playboy Model Jumps to Her Death With Her 7-Year-Old Son
In a most tragic incident coincidentally occurring during Mental Health Awareness Month, a former African-American Playboy model has jumped to her death, taking her 7-year-old son with her. The former Miss November Stephanie Adams vaulted from the 25th-floor window of a New York City hotel Friday morning. Some hotel employees of the Gotham Hotel speculate…
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4 Hospitalizations, 3 Diagnoses, 2 Scared Parents and 1 Very Sad Woman
Editor’s note: Until recently, mental health and illness were taboo subjects in the black community. But thanks to the efforts of those brave enough to speak on it, that’s changing. In that vein, The Root team is taking this week during Mental Health Awareness Month to write about how mental health has touched our lives.…
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It’s an Explanation, Not an Excuse
“He needs someone to treat him like the teacher treated Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker,” I said. The “he” I was referring to was Kanye West and his latest “Make America great again”-fueled, “deep thoughts” tweets that scream mania, but he insists he’s fine. (That is so something a manic person would say. When…
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Stephon Clark’s Younger Brother Admits Mental Distress After Brother’s Death by Police
Stevante Clark, younger brother of Stephon Clark, the young man killed by Sacramento, Calif., police, recently revealed that he has sought mental health help in the wake of his brother’s untimely and unjust death. Not long after Stephon Clark, 22, was shot eight times in his grandmother’s backyard when police mistook his cellphone for a…
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Video Shows Cop Killing Decynthia Clements After Discussing How Not to Kill Decynthia Clements
Even though she was brandishing a steak knife, when Decynthia Clements emerged from her SUV and walked toward Elgin, Ill., law enforcement officers, it seemed as if the cops had everything under control. Clements’ truck was immobilized and surrounded by at least seven officers. A K-9 unit was on the scene. The officer in charge…
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How Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Perfectly Tackles Mental Health Issues
I wasn’t the least bit interested in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend when I first happened upon it on the CW. If the title didn’t completely turn me off, I didn’t understand the premise. How could an entire series be built around a woman basically stalking her ex and then randomly singing about it? It just seemed weird…
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Mother of Woman ‘Disposed of’ in Freezing Cold Says Her Daughter Is Mentally Ill
The mother of the 22-year-old patient dumped in the street in subfreezing temperatures after being discharged from a Baltimore hospital has spoken out, saying that she wanted to clear the record about her daughter, whom she says has a mental illness diagnosis. (Sidenote: That an obviously mentally ill 22-year-old was dumped on a frigid sidewalk…
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HuffPost Identifies the Neo-Nazi Twitter Account Tied to a Teen Charged With Murder. Here’s the Most Disturbing Part
It was Nicholas Giampa’s Twitter account that finally sent his girlfriend’s mother, Buckley Kuhn-Fricker, over the edge. According to multiple outlets, Kuhn-Fricker had found Nicholas’ tweets on her daughter’s phone: They were anti-Semitic and transphobic, hailed Adolf Hitler as a hero and advocated for white revolution. Kuhn-Fricker alerted the principal of the high school that…