Tag: mental Illness

MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — A man accused of storming into a rabbi’s home and stabbing five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City was raised to embrace…

Isabelle Cole tried to be the perfect daughter, the one her family didn?t have to worry about. For years, the family?s focus was on her older sister who had cancer. Even though she survived that,…

Sometimes, it’s OK to not be OK, Matt Stuckey said. Stuckey, who along with Lori Cooper is in charge of youth ministry services at Iola’s Wesley United Methodist Church, is eager to tackle the stigma related…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to consider how far states can go toward eliminating the insanity defense in criminal trials as it reviews the case of a Kansas man sentenced…

You don’t have to hate guns to like the idea of background checks on people looking to purchase firearms. With the recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, that is a sentiment…

KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Susan Haynes used to have panic attacks seven times a day. Sometimes, she would fall out of her chair. Sometimes, she would stop breathing. “I could just fall down, just collapse…

Adapted from a recent online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I have a friend who suffers from a mental illness. Medication does not seem to make a difference. My friend is a good person, but difficult. I…

Adapted from a recent online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I have a friend who suffers from a mental illness. Medication does not seem to make a difference. My friend is a good person, but difficult. I…

Dear Carolyn: My sister is 18. She got homesick at college this year and is definitely depressed. I think she recently started antidepressants. She had a brief relationship there and has reacted poorly to the…

Humanity House I have had PTSD since the age of 4. I have suffered from bouts of serious depression on and off my whole life. I developed OCD as a coping mechanism from childhood trauma.…