mental health

U.S. gymnasts are still winning medals without the marquee name Simone Biles. NBCLX Storyteller Chase Cain, who is covering the Olympic Games from Tokyo, talks about the USA gymnastics team and how athletes are winning medals while supporting and relating to the pressure Biles said she is feeling.

After gymnast Simone Biles decided to prioritize her mental health and exit her team final, an International Olympic Committee spokesman said that “we can do more” when it comes to athletes’ mental health.

The 24-year-old reigning Olympic champion wrote the tweet on Wednesday night, following her withdrawal from key gymnastics events this week.

Olympian Simone Biles took to Twitter Wednesday night after her withdrawal from key events at the Tokyo Olympics, citing the “outpouring of love and support.”

“We just see an athlete and presume we know everything about them, but there’s so much more going on for all of these people. They live multidimensional, multifaceted lives like we all do,” says sports psychologist Dr. Mark Aoyagi. After withdrawing from events at the Tokyo Olympics, gymnast Simone Biles is reminding us we can be physically healthy and have...

Simone Biles fields questions from the media after she stopped competing before the end of the women’s team gymnastics final during the Tokyo Olympics.

After pulling out of the women’s gymnastics team finals on Tuesday so she could focus on her “mental health,” four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles said she was inspired by tennis star Naomi Osaka, who cited her mental health when she withdrew from the French Open last month. “Whenever you get in a high-stress situation, you kind of freak out,”...

Physical activity, knitting, even video games – anything that engages the mind can dampen our trauma response if we revisit memories haunting us. And as we all process the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s never been more urgent to learn coping strategies, says neurosurgeon and scientist Dr. Rahul Jandial.

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is trying a new approach this summer to some of the most challenging calls for law enforcement — mental health and crisis calls.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Department CARE team that responds to mental health crises.

That escalated quickly. It was just last week that tennis phenom and world’s No. 2-ranked tennis player Naomi Osaka announced she would not be participating in post match interviews because of the impact they were having on her mental health. The decision was greeted harshly by the tennis governing body which announced Osaka would be fined $15,000 for skipping her...

News4’s Darcy Spencer reports on the staffing shortages and safety issues causing the closures.

A crisis in mental health care is forcing Virginia to stop accepting new patients at five of its eight state institutions because staffing shortages and safety issues are affecting their ability to meet the growing need for care.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars will now be used to boost mental health programs for students. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

The tennis star wrote for TIME magazine about the importance of her mental health and seeking a change in the way athletes are treated.

While making time to laugh might not have seemed like a priority this past year, experts point out that it can play an important role in boosting productivity. 

Tom Blomfield, the founder of U.K. fintech Monzo, has said that being determined and resilient are fundamental to success. 

EarnUp co-founder Matthew Cooper resigned as CEO due to his struggles with mental health. Here’s how he got himself to a place where he’s doing “really well.”

While some might think it’s “depressing” or pathetic to post a TikTok looking for friends, we need people in our lives, says a relationships expert.

A group of Muslim mental health professionals — along with some faith leaders and activists in the United States — are working to raise awareness about mental illness and suicide prevention and provide religiously and culturally sensitive guidance.