Mental Illness

Students from Baltimore high schools join Midday to discuss the issues that matter to them; cyberbullying, mental health, identity and where they imagine life will take them.

This week on the podcast, two stories about people navigating mental health challenges with humor.

A look at some of the obstacles keeping people from accessing the care they need during Mental Health Awareness Month. Plus, local motorcyclists take to the streets for men’s health.

The owner of the Institute for HEALing and the Board VP of the Black Mental Health Alliance joins us to discuss how to cope with seasonal affective disorder, depression and other mental health challenges.

We’ll go On the Record with an ear, nose, and throat doctor to ask about what it means for consumers that hearing aids are now available over-the-counter. Plus: can magic mushrooms lift severe depression? A psychiatrist tells us about psilocybin in clinical trials.

More students across Maryland are struggling with depression and anxiety since the coronavirus pandemic, Baltimore City Public Schools is trying to reverse that trend.

Coordinators guide hospital staff to offer local mental health and substance abuse resources for individuals who need help after they are discharged.

The new guideline shared by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force wants primary care doctors to screen more for mental health but providers are already scarce.

Two experts on mental health and criminality discuss ways the nation can understand and address the tragic persistence of mass shootings in America.