Showing results for: mental illness (page 73)
Pick of the week: Lars von Trier’s spectacular “Melancholia”
Andrew O'Hehir
The Danish bad boy grows up with this ravishing allegory of depression and planetary destruction
Interview: Charlotte Gainsbourg talks von Trier’s “Melancholia”
Andrew O'Hehir
The Anglo-French singer-actress talks about playing Kirsten Dunst's normal sister, and that famous "Nazi" meltdown
Drawing in a digital world
Bill Kartalopoulos
Despite the marginilization of zines, John Porcellino has found a place for his seminal "King-Cat Comics" series
The awful brilliance of “American Horror Story”
Matt Zoller Seitz
As the high school dramedy sputters, its producers' new show reaches crazy, brilliant heights
Pacino’s violent new cop drama
Andrew O'Hehir
"The Son of No One" has a great cast and terrific scenes -- so why doesn't it all add up?
The mystery of left-handedness
Rik Smits
We're the only species with such a dramatic preference for the right arm. Can genetics explain it?
No one knows how crazy I am but me
Cary Tennis
Believe me, I have tried to get help. But since I'm not addicted or raving mad, no one seems to know what to do
NPR celebrates crazy forum troll’s decision to practice unlicensed medicine in Libya
Alex Pareene
A young man with a history of paranoid writings and no combat or medical experience gets an uncritical interview
The HPV vaccine should not be controversial
Rahul Parikh
The national debate is dominated by myths. The vaccine works -- and doctors need to encourage teens to get it
The truth about Garfield's assassination
Meredith Hindley
A new book explores how politics, science and medicine contributed to the president's death
Flashback! Psychedelic research returns
Alexander Zaitchik
Four decades after Timothy Leary, LSD shows success in medical trials. Will the right completely trip?
I do not fear death
Roger Ebert
I will pass away sooner than most people who read this, but that doesn't shake my sense of wonder and joy
Knightley and Fassbender steam up “Dangerous Method”
Andrew O'Hehir
David Cronenberg's latest traces Jung's split with Freud, and the stars may be the year's hottest cinematic couple
When my mother started to forget
Kate Whouley
As her memory faded, I began taking care of her in ways I never imagined -- and became terrified of what lay ahead
Why we’ll never have children
Joshua LeSuer
People tell my wife and me that we'll change our minds. But I can't bear the idea of passing on my mental illness
Reality TV: A blood sport that must change
Matt Zoller Seitz
The suicide of a "Real Housewives" husband cracks the glossy veneer of a ruthless franchise
Redefining pedophilia with pedophiles’ help
Tracy Clark-Flory
"Minor-attracted persons" say we need to rethink how the mental illness is defined -- and some experts agree
Fat is murder, so I vomit up my food
Cary Tennis
After dinner I purge in the basement bathroom. How do I fix this?
Why we need more mentally ill leaders
Thomas Rogers
New science shows that, when it comes to people in power, sanity is overrated. An expert explains why
I’m mentally ill but driven to excel
Cary Tennis
I am mostly stable but when I push myself I get sick
Iraq War veteran on Manning, the media and the military
Glenn Greenwald
A former Army Specialist in Baghdad explains why the Wikileaks source deserves our country's respect
A woman who stood for something
Carl Sferrazza Anthony
A pro-choice Republican feminist who used her first lady role to help transform our culture
Are you afraid of your cell phone now?
Peter Finocchiaro
After the World Health Organization warning, we asked 11 experts we admire from the science world for advice
When a parent is the pimp
Tracy Clark-Flory
A disturbing news story reveals the reality of children exploited not by a shadowy bad guy but a close relative
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