It’s natural to feel helpless when a friend mentions suicide, however indirectly, but there’s a lot you can do to help. In fact, your compassion and support could make all the difference. One of your ...

As up to 100,000 residents face evacuations, aid groups said the best way to help those affected by flooding is through ...

You may not always know when someone you love is engaging in self-harm. It’s often a secretive behavior, hidden by clothing or under the guise of injuries from sports and other activities. When ...

Nick Padlo's addiction to alcohol and drugs didn't happen overnight. "I was using them as a tool to cope with depression and anxiety," says the recovered addict and founder of Sophros Recovery ...

Alcohol use disorder, formerly known as alcoholism, is an addiction to alcohol. Someone with the condition is unable to stop or control their alcohol use. If a person is worried that someone they know ...

Holiday visits offer the perfect opportunity to help older parents with technology updates, scam protection, and basic ...

Jessica was overwhelmed and didn’t know what to do. She is a generous person by nature who had volunteered, as she often does, to help a stressed-out colleague. . . . But what started out as a simple ...

Six-year-old Jada feels a persistent expectation of danger. She overreacts to provocative situations and has difficulty managing her emotions, which often flare up without warning. To her teachers, ...

Bredouw is Founder & Executive Director of Purpose Project, an Oakland-based nonprofit that helps young people build social emotional skills. She is also an educator and lecturer at California College ...

You’re walking down the street, and you encounter someone crying. Or perhaps the person seems worked up in another way — screaming at the air or rocking back and forth in distress. A disquieting ...

Childhood anxiety is one of the most important mental health challenges of our time. One in five children will experience some kind of clinical-level anxiety by the time they reach adolescence, ...

As the nation reels from the police killing of George Floyd and reckons with institutional racism, many are left wondering: what can they do? Tens of thousands of people have already shown up to ...