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Mental health parity; Afro-Cuban dance; Choreographer Amara Tabor-Smith

Mental health parity; Afro-Cuban dance; Choreographer Amara Tabor-Smith

Alzheimer's prevention specialist Jessica Langbaum says that like most working people she gets plenty of mental exercise without playing crossword puzzles or brain games. She says work is the key.

Host Mike Shuster talks to Bruce Link, co-author of a mental health study that is expected to be released today. According to a study, Americans increasingly associate mental illness with the potential for violence despite evidence the mentally ill are not violence-prone.

Following up on her instant-classic Marbles — about her experiences with bipolar disorder — cartoonist Forney lays out her coping strategies in warm, deftly-rendered and densely informative style.

The stigma for African Americans in seeking out mental health care.

The stigma for African Americans in seeking out mental health care.

The Navy says commanding officers of the 2 vessels involved in separate collisions in the Pacific Ocean will face court-martial proceedings and possible criminal charges including negligent homicide.

Her sister's hospitalization for depression sent Virginia Gonzales Torres on a mission to reform her country's mental health system. Some 25 years later, she's founded a series of group homes and set the standard for how developing countries can treat the mentally ill. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

In an effort to stop the repeated cycling of mentally ill people through courts and prisons, some states are setting up special courts for the mentally ill. The goal of judges, prosecutors and attorneys is to get treatment, housing and other kinds of support for defendants. Proponents say it's more effective -- and cheaper -- than jail.

In January Congress confirmed retired general James Mattis as the new US Secretary of Defense. The week before, Reveal, from the Center for Investigative…