Schizophrenia

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Taye Diggs, Christian Diggs, schizophrenia, Black mental health, Black health and wellness, Black women with schizophrenia, theGrio.com
May 22, 2024
Taye Diggs and Christian Diggs share the impact schizophrenia has had on her life in a new awareness campaign.
Porter Burks
November 2, 2022
The family of Porter Burks, a Black man fatally shot during an early morning confrontation with Detroit police, is suing…
July 24, 2022
A Georgia woman was pronounced dead after she allegedly “fell out of a patrol car” following a mental health episode.
Andrew Toles thegrio.com
June 23, 2021
The family of former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Andrew Toles has opened up about his ongoing battles with schizophrenia.
August 8, 2019
The family of the man who was led on a leash by two white Galveston, Texas cops on horses, says…
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March 28, 2019
A Rutgers University paper reveals that factors like racial biases can result in Black being improperly diagnosed and subject to…
October 12, 2018
The same Black man who was shot by Chicago police in 2014 was shot again on Wednesday morning by Milwaukee police in…
February 23, 2016
LA PLATA, Md. (AP) — A woman found pushing her dead son in a playground swing in Maryland last year…
January 26, 2016
The death of a mental ill inmate who died after being locked in a hot shower until his skin was…
March 17, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - A mentally ill African-American man was shot by Dallas police officers last summer when he did not…
December 12, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The man accused of faking sign interpretation while standing alongside world leaders like U.S. President Barack Obama…
October 13, 2013
E! ONLINE - After responding to a call, police found the 26-year-old chef's body in Chicago, lying face up, unresponsive…
August 5, 2013
STARKE, Florida (AP) - Lawyers for 65-year-old John Errol Ferguson contend their client is mentally ill and has suffered from…
September 9, 2009
OPINION - Mental illness should be of concern to all communities but especially to the African-American community, which is over-represented…