This latest step comes a day ahead of World Mental Health Day, which takes place on Saturday (Oct. 10). The initiative was launched in coordination with her brother Christopher Cornell and in ...
The stigma against homelessness and mental illness is apparent in our community’s media and more disturbingly in our city council. The inhumane attempt for a shelter on hot concrete near the airport ...
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to fight stigma, provide support, educate the public and ...
I have good days and bad days. The bad days are accentuated by stigma and the pressure to act “normal” while the world seems to spin out of control on the news and on social media. May 6 was the 2024 ...
One of the drawbacks of living in a free society is nature’s unrelenting requirement that we balance liberties with responsibilities. Asheville has a love affair with the former, while it shuns the ...
I’m of the opinion that cancer patients have cancer solely to get attention and be dramatic. That girl with sickle-cell anemia — she should just think happy thoughts to get better. It’s her fault if ...
In his last letter to the editor, Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen incorrectly likened “gender dysphoria” to anorexia. According to him, those with gender dysphoria suffer from “delusions” much like people who ...
To the Editor: I am a mother who has spent years pleading for help for my 9-year-old daughter’s severe mental health needs, exhausting every available resource — therapy, crisis services, in-home ...
The Allegheny County Jail is the only jail in Pennsylvania in which officers cannot use leg restraints to secure individuals from jail on a visit to the hospital because of a 2022 referendum. Sheriffs ...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to fight stigma, provide support, educate the public and advocate for equal care. Mental illness is a medical condition, often surrounded by stigma that ...