mental health

The North East Independent School District is exploring the idea of allowing chaplains to perform the duties of school counselors in the district.

Three SAPD officers were charged with murder after shooting and killing Melissa Perez in her apartment in June. Perez had schizophrenia; now, families of others with severe mental illnesses worry their loved ones are at risk too.

The 3-digit suicide prevention lifeline went live a year ago. More work is needed on the 988 system, but the first year has gone more smoothly than many expected.

Sgt. Alfred Flores and Officers Eleazar Alejandro and Nathaniel Villalobos were arrested Friday and charged in the murder of Melissa Perez. They were released on bond Saturday.

Many parents are worried about their kids losing themselves for hours on their phones. Turns out, teens are troubled too. But they also know a lot about how to get unhooked. Here's how they do it.

The mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets was the 17th mass shooting in Texas this year. Tabatha Gunn is a counselor in Dallas who works with trauma survivors. She says trauma events like this can show up in the way people feel and act, even months later.

Recent disclosures about the brief military service of the alleged shooter and his extremist ideology sparked comparisons to the deadliest shooting in Texas history, Sutherland Springs.

After two deadly collisions and a cluster of suicides, the Navy is providing more mental health counseling to sailors where they work.

A striking decline in teen mental health has coincided with the rise of smartphones and social media. Is social media causing the mental health challenges? Finally, research can answer that question.

They're activists and advocates from Brazil, Colombia, India, Kenya, Lesotho and the U.S. We wanted to know: How do they stay positive in the face of the world's many problems and woes?