Showing results for: mental illness (page 50)
Addiction is not a disease: How AA and 12-step programs erect barriers while attempting to relieve suffering
Marc Lewis
Defining addiction as a disease is marketing for the rehab industry — and an excuse when treatment doesn't work
Don’t believe the “Orange is the New Black” hype: How the Netflix series misrepresents life behind bars
Keri Blakinger
A former inmate shatters the damaging illusions that "Orange is the New Black" promotes about life in prison
“Conditions were ‘bluntly Dickensian'”: The disgrace of New York’s homeless shelters
Tana Ganeva
New York has its highest homeless rate since the Great Depression -- Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo need to do more
Stop the unnecessary killing of the mentally ill: A quarter of those killed by police this year were in a mental health crisis
Terrell Jermaine Starr
Training will help reduce the number of police killings -- but accountability is crucial too
Soso and Chang, prison bunkmates by default: Why won’t “Orange Is the New Black” expand its Asian cast?
Wesley Yiin
The show depicts an equal number of white, black and Latina characters—and still only these two Asian women
Dennis Rodman’s North Korea diplomacy trainwreck: His “Big Bang in Pyongyang” goes out with a whimper
Sonia Saraiya
Between the ballplayer's grandiosity and meltdowns, few fascinating glimpses of life under Kim Jong-un emerge
Writing to genre stinks: Two debut novelists on the hard line between fantasy and realism — and why it doesn’t make sense
Rene Denfeld, Stephanie Feldman
Two authors on using fairy-tale elements to explore trauma & memory, and why "Is this real" is a loaded question
I couldn’t be their “happy girl”: Pixar’s “Inside Out,” childhood depression and the emotional stranglehold of “Minnesota nice”
Libby Hill
When appearing pleasant at any cost is a defining cultural value, admitting you're unhappy is the biggest struggle
Jury finds that anti-LGBTQ “ex-gay therapy” is a total fraud
Jenny Kutner
In a huge legal victory for LGBTQ activists, jurors say a "conversion therapy" program is guilty of consumer fraud
The GOP’s delusional Charleston outrage shows just how desperate it has become
Heather Digby
From "n-word" handwringing to ludicrous complaints about "politicizing" a tragedy, Republicans have totally lost it
4 horrible ways capitalism is slowly destroying us
Paul Buchheit
Profit motives offer little incentive to feed the hungry, treat the sick or provide any kind of retirement security
GOP’s fear of a black America: The long, racist history which explains Dylann Roof and stains the so-called “party of Lincoln”
Heather Cox Richardson
Dylann Roof's assault was the latest salvo in the racial struggle we have fought since 1865: Who owns America?
White America is complicit: Charleston, Dylann Roof and the country’s real race war
Kali Holloway
Questioning the motivations of the Charleston shooter is worse than obtuse. It is itself an act of violence
Erick Erickson: Responsibility for the Charleston massacre falls squarely at the feet of…Caitlyn Jenner?
Scott Eric Kaufman
Yes -- the former CNN contributor really wrote that, proving once again why he's a former CNN contributor
The GOP’s staggering Charleston cowardice: Why are so many Republicans so scared of admitting the truth?
Heather Digby Parton
When it comes to the Republican Party, terrorism in South Carolina will never, ever be described as such
7 tips that guarantee an unforgettable one-night stand
Anna Pulley
For those who really desire it, casual sex can -- ahem -- come with increased self-esteem and life satisfaction
It’s not about mental illness: The big lie that always follows mass shootings by white males
Arthur Chu
Blaming "mental illness" is a cop-out -- and one that lets us avoid talking about race, guns, hatred and terrorism
Toxic masculinity is killing men: The roots of male trauma
Kali Holloway
The three most destructive words a father or mother can tell their young son? "Be a man"
Black America is so very tired of explaining and debating
Chauncey DeVega
Racial Battle Fatigue is real: We live with police thuggery, political indifference, media lies. Some empathy?
“It’s not the MSNBC, Fox BS — f*** this red/blue paradigm”: John Cusack unloads on the media, the right and corporate Democrats
Mark Guarino
The iconic actor hammers the New York Times, praises Snowden, doubts Obama (oh, and talks his new Beach Boys movie)
Drugs, paranoia and a creepy Charles Manson connection: Why we’re still fascinated with the dark drama of the Beach Boys
Scott Timberg
"Love & Mercy" tells part of the tale -- the Beach Boys story is a weird and twisted one overall
“Love & Mercy”: Brian Wilson’s life as a gorgeous, tragic fable of pop genius
Andrew O'Hehir
Paul Dano and John Cusack portray the "Pet Sounds" genius in two different, significant eras of his life
Alex Jones has a (predictably insane) Caitlyn Jenner conspiracy theory
Bob Cesca
It doesn't get much more crazy than this...
What marijuana really does to your brain
LAURA DONOVAN
Opponents of legal cannabis say it leaves you fried, but research shows it can actually improve your mental health
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