Showing results for: mental illness (page 75)
Social anxiety disorder is ruining high school
Cary Tennis
Every social encounter is tense and awkward. How will I ever graduate?
Fanning the flames of paranoia
Peter D. Kramer
A psychiatrist wonders how a culture of Birthers and Truthers feeds the delusions of people like Jared Loughner
Why psychiatrists can’t predict mass murderers
Richard J. McNally
Violent events like Tucson make us hunt for warning signs in the mentally ill, but tragedy is impossible to foresee
The reflexive call for fewer liberties
Glenn Greenwald
Demands that it be easier to involuntarily commit the mentally ill are knee-jerk and irrational
The hell of living with a schizophrenic
Teri Doe
I don't know the Loughner family, but after struggling with my mom, I understand how awful this illness can be
Loughner a “textbook” case paranoid schizophrenic
Sarah Hepola
A respected psychiatrist explains why talk of political rhetoric is a "red herring," and where responsibility lies
My husband brought a knife to a political rally
Monique Colver
After a tragedy, people heap blame on the mentally ill and their families. For us, getting help was near impossible
“Hoarders'” unforgettable rat episode
Matt Zoller Seitz
With last night's rodent collector, the show sets a new bar for extreme behavior -- without being exploitative
Primer: What we know about Jared Lee Loughner
Adam Clark Estes
There are a lot of theories about why Gabrielle Giffords' shooter lashed out. Here are some facts to back them up
The real message of Loughner’s book list
Laura Miller
Liberals and conservatives claim the alleged killer's reading reveals his true ideology. They're both wrong
TLC’s mental illness network
Mary Elizabeth Williams
With its growing roster of hoarders and compulsives, the cable channel is going all crazy, all the time
Be a better reader in 2011
Laura Miller
Choose a book outside your comfort zone and accept a reading challenge in the new year
Study: Conservatives have larger “fear center”
Christopher R Walker
University College London researchers say brains of the right-leaning have big amygdala, small anterior cingulate
“Hadewijch”: The nun and the radical Muslim
Andrew O'Hehir
A rich Parisian who longs for sainthood meets a suburban Islamist in Bruno Dumont's powerful study of faith
Nic Cage and the joy of the celebrity meltdown
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The actor loses his cool in front of a Romanian nightclub -- and makes us feel better about ourselves
When I almost jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge
Maura Kelly
I thought I was just sleep-deprived. Then one night in December, I began contemplating my suicide
Why I turned down the threesome
Joshua LeSuer
My freewheeling wife wanted a tryst with a hot European woman, but I couldn't do it. Was I just being a coward?
Elizabeth Smart kidnapper convicted
Jennifer Dobner
Jury rejects insanity plea; Brian David Mitchell could face life sentence
Defense builds insanity case in Elizabeth Smart trial
Jennifer Dobner
Doctor testifies that Brian David Mitchell has been diagnosed with a delusional disorder
My aunt lent me money … with one condition
Cary Tennis
I desperately needed money so I agreed to her terms, but I find them chilling and bizarre
Defense begins for man accused of abducting Elizabeth Smart
Associated Press
Witnesses testify that Brian David Mitchell thought he was following "revelations" from God
The Nixonian henchmen of today: at the NYT
Glenn Greenwald
In the wake of horrific Iraq War revelations, the media's key question: What's Julian Assange really like?
The Year in Sanity: Ron Artest
Maxwell Strachan
The often unstable NBA player has decided to battle the stigma of mental illness among inner-city youth
Is suicide illogical?
Cary Tennis
I know our culture says it's wrong to kill yourself, but it seems like the only reasonable thing to do
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