Tag: mental health

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Welcome to Third Thursdays! This series—published in the Birmingham Times on the third Thursday of every month—highlights area citizens who...

Alicia Rohan UAB News According to a new study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, teens who consume foods with high levels of sodium and...

By Mallorie Turner For The Birmingham Times African Americans are 20 percent more likely to suffer from mental illnesses than the general population, according to federal...

By Crystal Mullen-Johnson Mental Health care is an underutilized service in the African-American community. Transportation, poverty, mis-education and stigma can all be barriers for people...

By Crystal Mullen-Johnson Special to the Birmingham Times Compared to women, men are less likely to receive mental health counseling. Instead of seeking any kind of...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times A series of free educational sessions offered by Children’s of Alabama Behavioral Health begins this week to assist parents, caregivers...

By Je’Don Holloway Talley For the Birmingham Times Noni Leena was miserable. The Birmingham resident was suffering from anxiety and depression—“bipolar disorder” she was told—and remembers being...

By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times Chernell Bizzell-Barnett wants to reach a group of women often forgotten when it comes to counseling. “I go after the stuff...

By Glenn Ellis High blood pressure; acid reflux; diabetes; ulcers; arthritis; obesity; asthma. It is a common belief that these are conditions expected at some point...

By Glenn Ellis African Americans endure more intense and frequent mental and behavioral health issues than their counterparts, at least in part related to poverty...