Mental Health

Recent reports show more people are experiencing loneliness, and it's worse for young adults and women of color. Ronke Faleti created Korédé House — a third place for St. Louis-area women and mothers to work remotely, relax, build businesses and more.

Keisha Acres and Abbey Kuzcka both lost loved ones in the shooting last year at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School. They want people to take the country’s growing mental health crisis more seriously.

Students at Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience are processing difficult emotions as they reflect on the upcoming anniversary of the deadly shooting in the school building they share with Central Visual and Performing Arts High School.

The people imprisoned were supposed to receive rehabilitative mental health services that allow them to stand trial, but they have been found to languish in jails — often for months — without having been found guilty of any crime.

There are currently 253 people in Missouri jails waiting to be transferred to a state hospital for mental health treatment.

Call for Help Inc., an East St. Louis-based nonprofit known for assisting people in need, said it was shutting down at the end of September.

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra visited St. Louis on Wednesday.

A series of fights prompted district administrators to close Alton High School last week. On Tuesday, students return to class with new metal detectors and more staff in hallways between classes to increase safety.

A new tutoring initiative in the Ferguson-Florissant District is focusing on both academics and mental health for students.

A new class at Washington University prepares students for the inevitable challenges of college life by equipping them with practical tools for personal and academic success.