NFL player Junior Seau had brain disease CTE

Barry Wilner, Associated Press

(AP) - Junior Seau, one of the NFL's best and fiercest players for nearly two decades, had a degenerative brain disease when he committed suicide last May, the National Institutes of Health told The Associated Press on Thursday...

Study: Half of people shot by cops mentally ill

David A. Love

theGRIO REPORT - A new study in a Maine newspaper sheds light on a national problem of police and the fatal shooting of the mentally ill...

Injured athletes battle mental illness more

Sola Okenla, RN, BSN

theGRIO REPORT - Injured athletes have an increased risk of developing mental illnesses and are less likely to seek psychiatric help...

Black girls who cut themselves

Janelle Harris

OPINION - Sometime last year, during the course of a seemingly normal evening, I spotted an oozing gash across my daughter’s forearm...

Study: Spanking may lead to mental illness

Marquise Francis

theGRIO REPORT - A new study out of Pediatrics shows the link between spanking and several mental disorders later in life...

How to prevent teen bullying and suicide

Dr. Tyeese Gaines

theGRIO REPORT - When a 7-year-old is bullied to the point of hanging himself, it puts schoolyard teasing into a whole new light...

Family and girlfriend of 'Miami zombie' speak out

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

theGRIO REPORT - Rudy Eugene's girlfriend, who wished to remain unidentified, told the Miami Herald that he was a sweet, well-mannered man who had never been violent..

How depressed dads affect kids' behavior

Dr. Terrance McGill

theGRIO REPORT - A study released by the American Academy of Pediatrics demonstrated that children in households that had a father who was depressed were almost twice as likely to have mental and behavioral issues as those children with neither parent showing depressive symptoms...