Suicide prevention experts will be sharing strategies to prevent suicide among youth at an event Monday ahead of National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said the state’s 40 mental health centers are now all offering walk-in mental evaluations.

A woman who went public with her bipolar disorder and co-created a production featuring a cast of people sharing their stories of mental illness won a Washingtonian of the Year Award from Washingtonian Magazine. Doreen Gentzler reports.

A program developed by former Navy SEALs is helping local firefighters train their minds to cope with the traumatic things they see while on the job. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.

A D.C. startup has developed an app that aims to bring therapy to black men who might otherwise avoid getting help.

A federal judge in Connecticut has ruled that thousands of Navy and Marine Corps veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who developed post-traumatic stress disorder but were denied Veterans Affairs benefits can sue the military. Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Haight Jr. on Thursday certified a class-action lawsuit against Navy Secretary Richard Spenc...

Suicide claims more police and firefighter lives than any of the dangers they face on the job, which is why a Virginia police department is using a video featuring first responders sharing their stories to help others.

A Virginia lawmaker whose son stabbed him before killing himself has settled a lawsuit over the young man’s mental-health care.

The family of a Virginia police officer who took her own life is opening up about her struggles with postpartum depression to educate and change minds.

Mental illness too often goes ignored in African-American communities, leaders said at a Congressional Black Caucus session in D.C. on Thursday. “Our children are suffering, and they are literally just dying while walking and living through all the pain they’re going through, State Del. Angela Angel said. D.C.’s Ward 8 is particul...

Austin Grill in Springfield is hosting a fundraiser for the “Out of the Darkness” walk next month in Fairfax.

This Is My Brave is a local organization that is using the arts to save lives. News4’s Erika Gonzalez spoke with the co-founder Jennifer Marshall, who says mental health does not discriminate and it can affect people of any socio-economic background.

Three Virginia high school students made their voices heard and got some pretty big results in the area of mental health.