On June 21, 1967, at the age of 17, Lucy Winer was committed to the female violent ward of Kings Park State Hospital following a series of failed suicide attempts. Over 30 years later, now a veteran ...

Managing our mental health is incredibly important, but it can also be difficult to do. It is one of the most serious issues affecting our society today, with millions of people around the world ...

The following article discusses several mental health conditions. In cinema, it’s common to stereotype mental health and categorize characters as "unstable" due to their perceived or actual mental ...

Condemned as evil, mental hospitals closed, leading to fragmented system. Dec. 20, 2012— -- It took filmmaker Lucy Winer several decades to come to terms with having been locked up in a mental ...

Marvel's latest superhero movie "Thunderbolts*" – the 36th in the overall Marvel Cinematic Universe – isn't just lighting up the box office. It's also sparking deeper conversations about mental health ...