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Mental Illness

  1. mental illness
    Drugs and Talk Therapy Affect the Brain in Different WaysAnd sometimes they offer complementary benefits, suggests a new study.
    By Christian Jarrett
  2. first person
    What It’s Like to Have ADHD As a Grown Woman“Isn’t that a little-boy thing?”
    By Rae Jacobson
  3. mental health
    Psychosurgeons Are Burning Away OCD With LasersIt’s being used as a last resort for severe mental illness.  
    By Melissa Dahl
  4. mental illness
    Police Are Killing a Lot of Mentally Ill PeopleAnd sometimes, the way they approach a distraught person escalates the situation instantly.
    By Jesse Singal
  5. facebook
    Facebook’s New Suicide-Prevention Features Are a Good StartAn attempt to use internet mobs for good rather than evil.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  6. race
    Minorities May Be More Likely to Get Inaccurate Mental-Illness DiagnosesA study out of Israel reveals some unfortunate aspects of the clinician-patient relationship.
    By Jesse Singal
  7. drugs
    The Truth About Psychedelic Drugs and Mental IllnessTwo new studies do some valuable debunking.
    By Jesse Singal
  8. mental health
    Watch This NBA Player’s Video About His Depression and AnxietyIt is honest and powerful.
    By Jesse Singal
  9. case reports
    Some People Have an Actual Phobia of Growing UpOne teenager cut down his food intake and adopted a stooped posture in the hopes he wouldn’t continue to mature physically.
    By Jesse Singal
  10. The Altruism of ComedyHow one writer credits comedian Maria Bamford with reinvigorating her will to live and banishing the shame associated with mental illness.
    By Sydney Parker
  11. mental illness
    Schizophrenia May Actually Be 8 Disorders in OneA new study explains some of the genetic roots of the disease.
    By Jesse Singal
  12. kajieme powell
    It’s Really Difficult to Prevent ‘Suicide by Cop’When police protocol collides with suicidal behavior.
    By Jesse Singal
  13. mental illness
    Kajieme Powell Died Because Police Have Become America’s Mental-Health WorkersThis was a preventable tragedy, but prevention needed to start long before Powell was in an armed confrontation with police.
    By Jesse Singal
  14. mental illness
    Can We Make People With Severe Schizophrenia Happier?A new study suggests there isn’t a direct connection between the severity of the illness and the sufferers’ level of happiness.
    By Jesse Singal
  15. mental illness
    Robin Williams, Substance Abuse, and SuicideThe comedian’s death highlights an aspect of suicide research that doesn’t get the attention it deserves.
    By Jesse Singal
  16. psychiatry 2.0
    Can You Diagnose a Manic Episode on Twitter?Maybe, say prominent psychiatrists.
    By Maureen O'Connor
  17. Maria Bamford and the Cathartic Comedy of Mental IllnessMaria Bamford is launching a revolution from her microphone. In less than two years, Bamford has survived the death of her best friend — […]
    By Marisa Carroll
  18. newtown massacre
    Adam Lanza’s Mother Is Not AloneMoms set off a national dialogue on mental illness.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  19. The Uneasy Relationship Between Mental Illness and ComedyI had to take a Xanax to write this article. My anxiety makes it hard to start; my depression and self-doubt make it hard to come to any […]
    By Jaime Lutz
  20. first person
    The Women I Loved When I Was ManicLittle did they know my passion was a symptom of mental illness.
    By Adam Clark Estes
  21. Maria Bamford Tries to Find the Humor in Mental Illness“Yeah. I have a joke about how people don’t talk about mental illness the way they do other regular illnesses. ‘Well, apparently Jeff has […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  22. let’s get civical
    Antonia Novello’s Shopping ProblemWas former health commissioner Antonia Novello just into shopping? Or was it a disease she could not control?
    By Jessica Pressler