Government-enforced lockdowns, transportation bans and strict quarantines aimed at curbing the spread of coronavrius in China have brought parts of the country to a standstill, with no end in sight. But the moves have had the collateral result of leaving millions of Chinese people frustrated and frightened, putting pressure on the government to offer them assistance in dealing with the…

Rebecca Juro remembers keeping her secret as far back as age 5. She felt different compared to other little boys in her suburban New Jersey neighborhood and, without anyone saying it, she understood being different was bad. “I knew my parents would not be excited to hear their son wanted to wear a dress,” she said.

In the past few decades religious leaders and communities of faith have shifted how they deal with suicide.

An employee of a juvenile mental health care facility was charged with choking a special needs student in west suburban Aurora. Jacquetta D. Hill, 35, is charged with three counts of felony aggravated battery and a misdemeanor count each of child endangerment and battery, the Kane County state’s attorney’s office said in a statement. Hill, who lives in Yorkville,...

At 26 years old, Brandon Nelson hospitalized and released to a residential mental health home in Southern California. He took his own life 24 hours after being admitted. His parents say Brandon’s death could have been prevented and that state regulators failed them.

Aiming to make it easier for people to get help and to reduce the stigma associated with mental health, federal regulators are moving toward setting up a new three-digit number for people to reach a suicide prevention hotline. A law last year required the Federal Communications Commission to study assigning a three-digit number for suicide prevention. That study found evidence...

Mental health advocate and motivational Tedx speaker Megan Gallagher, shared strategies for parents and teens on how to manage anxiety going into a new school year.

Construction crews reconfigured the work zone at the Jane Byrne Interchange on Sunday night, leaving the Eisenhower Expressway looking different for drivers.

Happy Meals have been synonymous with fast food for decades, ever since McDonald’s first rolled out its kid-friendly concept in 1979. But let’s face it, it’s not easy to be happy all day, every day. Now, Burger King has come up with a new line of meal boxes that honor a full range of human emotions — from totally excited...

Cyndi Lauper was homeless nearly a decade before she became a pop superstar in the early ’80s, and discussed that experience while unveiling a nationwide report on youth homelessness. The interactive report ranks how states provide services such as housing and mental health for homeless youth based on a variety of criteria, including access to hormone therapy for transgender people...

In his more than 25 years as a firefighter in Stamford, Connecticut, Capt. Jacques Roy thought he could handle anything – until the smoke cleared from a devastating fire that killed three children and their grandparents.

An estimated two-year closure starts next week on the ramp that carries traffic from the southbound Kennedy Expressway to eastbound Congress Parkway.

When Madalyn Parker wrote to her colleagues she needed to take a couple of days off to focus on her “mental health,” she was shocked by the response she received from the company’s CEO.

Shots were fired on the Dan Ryan Expressway late Thursday night, leaving part of the roadway shut down as police investigated.

If the Republican health reform plan becomes law, states trying to save money on health insurance are likely to seek cuts on services like maternity care, mental health and dentist visits for kids, the Congressional Budget Office found Wednesday. NBC News reports that health care advocates find the lack of an “essential health benefits” coverage requirement in the bill, passed...

Prosecutors hoping to use Bill Cosby’s explosive deposition testimony about getting quaaludes to give women in his sexual-assault trial also want to use references he made about trying to slip women the aphrodisiac Spanish fly.

More and more teens say they’ve had serious depression, researchers reported Monday. But more are not being treated for it. The troubling trend suggests doctors are afraid to ask about and treat depression, which is a major cause of suicide, the researchers said. And they say it’s important to find out why rates are up. “The 12-month prevalence of major...