Holidays can be a vulnerable time for people who struggle with toxic family dynamics in their life or grieving loved ones.
However, I want you to know that you’re not alone in this process.
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The Experimental Theatre Company at Fresno State featured a physical embodiment of depression with it’s production of “4.48 Psychosis” on April 22.
The play, written by by English playwright Sarah...
What do you get when you cross a biology major with chronic pain?
Bee Deegan said she uses her art as “therapy” to manage her depression and pain.
“I’ve dealt with chronic pain my whole life,”...
The first week in October is commemorated as National Mental Health Awareness Week. Tomorrow, Oct 6, is National Depression Screening Day.
On the surface, weeks or days like this seem relatively unimportant...
Editor's Note: On Tuesday, May 15, 2018, a California judge overruled the state's assisted death law. The opinion below on the topic was written in 2014.
Is “death with dignity” the same as suicide?
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In the wake of the recent suicide by actor and comedian Robin Williams, many Fresno organizations are taking part in an effort to spread awareness and empathy for mental health and depression.
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There is an illness that affects about 6 percent of all Americans, yet there are often no visible symptoms. It is not contagious, and there is still much we do not understand about it. These millions of Americans suffer from various forms of mental illness, a disability that is just as real and severe as physical ailments, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
About two-out-of-ten college students have some type of mental illness and approximately 19 percent of college-aged individuals attempt or contemplate suicide according to Teendepression.org.
Suicide is the second-leading cause of death on college campuses. The Journal of American College Health found that in the United States an average of 100 college students commit suicide every year.
Danny Evans graduated from California State University, Fresno in 1993 with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism. He now lives in Southern California and has a wife and two kids.
