“Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays,” I croon, strumming a borrowed guitar. I’m attempting to be quiet enough to not overshadow others’ conversations while still setting a merry vibe ...

“Are you a cutter?” the medical aide asked me, gearing to strap a blood pressure monitor around my upper arm to take my vitals at 11 o’clock one evening. I had entered the psychiatric unit, or as it ...

Years before his mother and grandfather were killed, Nathan Carman spent time in a mental health facility after allegedly ...

Schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, bipolar. All words that make most people uncomfortable due to a lack of information, misinformation and stigma around mental health. But one nurse has ...

“I need your shoes,” the nurse said. I looked at my blue Converse sneakers, and back at him. “What?” “Your shoes,” he repeated, more firmly this time. “You can’t have them here.” I almost protested: I ...

Jussie Smollett is being held in the psych ward at a Chicago jail — and his brother is flipping out. The 39-year-old “Empire” actor, who remains at the Cook County Jail after being sentenced to five ...