Based on Best Selling Author ReShonda Tate Billingsley’s Book About A Family Coping With Mental Illness, Network’s Original Movie Starring Kyla Pratt, Gavin Houston, Kellita Smith and Vanessa Williams, Premieres Sunday, July 10 at 7 p.m. ET *July is the designated month for the Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. TV One is spearheading […]
The FBI has stepped in to help Texas Rangers in the investigation of Sandra Bland, a woman who died in the hands of police custody after being arrested on a traffic charge. According to USA Today, the FBI announced their role in the investigation on Thursday after outcry from the family and the public increased over […]
*With a notable work on the small screen (“Ally McBeal”) and big screen (“Love Jones,” “Devil in a Blue Dress”), the ‘90s belonged to Lisa Nicole Carson. But something happened during that time that resulted in the sexy actress disappearing from our public radar. As it turned out that “something” turned out to be bipolar […]
Have you ever woken up disoriented, trying to figure out where you are and why you’re using your cat as a pillow? No, we don’t mean after a night of tequila shots, just an everyday awakening. Well, you may have been sleep drunk. It’s a thing. Being sleep drunk means you have problems waking […]
Last weekend I was walking around feeling, well, down. Sorta moody. Bummed out, if you will. So I took to social media to describe my temperament, explaining that the day hadn’t gone well and I was feeling alone. Almost instantly, friends began to swoop down on me, calling me, texting me, messaging me. Even people […]
*Lee Thompson Young, who committed suicide on Aug. 19, was suffering from bipolar disorder, New York Daily News reports. The 29-year-old “Rizzoli & Isles” star, who also suffered from depression, was taking medication for bipolar disorder when he shot himself, according to the coroner’s report. Lithium capsules and Quetiapine Fumarate tablets were found inside […]
CLEVELAND – Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar talked to the media about having more than a dozen concussions, always keeping smelling salts with him, and how his “head trauma” has impacted his life. During a Thursday afternoon news conference, Kosar, alongside his doctor, Rick Sponaugle, said his short-term and long-term memory has stayed in […]
A math professor at Michigan State University allegedly stripped naked, ran naked through his classroom and screamed “There is no f*cking God!” before police apprehended him, according to several reports. The professor’s name has not yet been released, but online, students said he was “eccentric,” and that they “could probably have seen this coming.” A […]
GEAUGA COUNTY, OH (WOIO) – The student gunman who admitted to fatally shooting three students and wounding two others at Chardon High School will be tried as an adult. The decision was made during a morning hearing for T.J. Lane. During the hearing, Lane admitted to the shooting, and said he shot the victims in […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Closing arguments are expected this afternoon in the Anthony Sowell mass murder trial. It was a long Tuesday morning for jurors, as they heard testimony until around 1PM before breaking for lunch. The serial killer’s attorney first cross-examined Dr. Diana Susan Goldstein. Dr. Goldstein is a neuro-psychologist who specializes in how […]
In Black Pain, Terrie has inspired the famous and the ordinary to speak out and mental health professionals to offer solutions. The book is a mirror turned on you. Do you see yourself and your loved ones here? Do the descriptions of how the pain looks, feels, and sounds seem far too familiar? Now you […]