There’s no single entity overseeing the mental health care system in Chicago. That means, for instance, that homeless patients discharged from private hospitals might be given a bottle of ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Mental health resources are needed now more than ever. The National Institute of Mental Health reported 57.8 million adults admitted to having some form of mental illness in 2024.

Police officers in 2023 at a crime scene in downtown Chicago, where random attacks in recent years have involved suspects who had have long histories of untreated mental illness and acts of violence.

"We saw that there was a health desert in Back of the Yards, and my doctor is Dr. Maurice Brownlee, of Wellness Homes on Halsted, and he decided to open up this would be his fourth location, where ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An HIV prevention and treatment center is now open on the North Side of Chicago. Officials cut the ribbon on the center at 5537 N. Broadway in Edgewater Wednesday morning.

Mental health requires continual attention — every day, week and month of the year, writes Jana L. Jones of The Family Institute at Northwestern University. Also, building up the 340B Drug ...

Anthony Stringfellow Jr., 19, tied a shoelace to the raised bolt of a hinge on his bathroom door at Madden Mental Health Center in Chicago's western suburbs on Feb. 7, 2023.

Rush Medical Center in Chicago is the latest large health system to announce ... Previous studies have suggested that "gender-affirming surgeries" can be harmful to young people’s mental health.

"UChicago Medicine has reached the difficult decision that in response to continued federal actions, it will discontinue all gender-affirming pediatric care effective immediately." ...

Demonstrating the power of digital donor outreach, data-driven marketing agency TARA Media today announced that it helped the San Diego Center for Children (SDCC), a leading non-profit children's ...

Last year, CVS Health hosted 33 Project Health events, saw 1,307 participants and provided 4,575 screenings. The program is offered throughout the year across the country.