Mental Illness

When Tom Palozola arrived at Webster University after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, he struggled to fit in with his younger classmates. But he found…

Mental illness is real in the African-American community and needs to be talked about.That was the message of the final panel at the National Urban League…

At the clubhouse, there are no clients or patients – only members. In an alternative to traditional models of social work, people with mental illnesses…

Even in 2016, talking about mental health is hard to do. There’s a persistent stigma about mental illness and it is hard to know when and what to say or…

Missouri could be one of the first states in the nation to test a new mental health care program designed to expand access to treatment.The pilot program…

One out of every four people will experience mental illness in any given year. And 100 percent of them can be artists, according to an exhibit at UMSL’s…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 2, 2012 - One of the things I remember from my undergraduate psyche courses is that “insanity”…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 5, 2011 - When he was a kid, Bryan Evans used to feel shame because his father was…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 11, 2011 - Alice Curran of St. Louis used to dread Thanksgiving. Every year, she planned the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 15, 2011 - Arlen Chaleff grew up in comfortable Clayton "in a class that was part of the…