Showing results for: mental illness (page 76)
When Tourette’s took over my life
Michael Barthel
I'd gone from a head twitch to full-blown violent rages within months. Could I ever regain control?
Jordanian man gets 24 years in Dallas bomb plot
Jeff Carlton
Hosam Smadi receives a reduced sentence after pleading guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction
Teen who strangled brother gets life in prison
Charles Wilson
Andrew Conley, who admitted to killing his 10-year-old sibling and identifying with a TV murder, is sentenced
Did chef Gordon Ramsay drive a man to suicide?
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Joseph Cerniglia, a contestant on "Kitchen Nightmares," jumped to his death last week. But don't blame reality TV
A heart-wrenching portrait of pathological shyness
Brooke Allen
In a marvelous new memoir, the writer of "History Boys" recounts his family's tortured fear of social contact
My mother is a hoarder
Jane Brogan
As a child I was torn between my anger and my need to protect her. Back then, there was no A&E show to explain it
Mark David Chapman, fame monster
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Newly released transcripts of John Lennon's killer reveal his surprising insights into modern celebrity culture
My mom has histrionic personality disorder
Cary Tennis
How does our family deal with a mentally ill mother?
Suicide: Afghan women’s other plight
Judy Mandelbaum
The West debates its role in the country -- meanwhile, 23,000 women try to kill themselves each year
Defending mothers who kill
Tracy Clark-Flory
Some experts argue women in pregnancy denial who commit infanticide shouldn't be treated as criminals
The homeless brother I cannot save
Ashley Womble
A year ago, Jay traded my parents' home for the street. But the more I try to help him, the more I lose myself
Doctors don’t rat out their incompetent colleagues
Carla K. Johnson
Study: 17 percent of physicians knew a co-worker was impaired on the job, only a third reported it
Pro-ana websites abound
Jamie Kapalko
A study finds that websites encouraging anorexia are "alarmingly easy to access"
Jon Stewart on Obama’s executive power record
Glenn Greenwald
The Comedy Central star bashes the president's horrendous record on civil liberties and terrorism
Man stabs 15 students, 1 teacher in south China
William Foreman
Knife-wielding man attacks primary school on the same day another man executed for killing eight students
“Anatomy of an Epidemic”: The hidden damage of psychiatric drugs
Jed Lipinski
An award-winning science reporter looks at the history of mental illness in America -- with disturbing results
Condemned Utah killer will face firing squad
Jennifer Dobner
Ronnie Lee Gardner chooses old-fashioned execution method, which is not an option in any other state
Straight to DVD: “Tenderness” and “Peacock”
Bob Calhoun
Russell Crowe! Susan Sarandon! Crazy teens and cross-dressers! We go semi-upscale with two new releases
Jesse James detoxes the vague, unspecified way
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Sandra Bullock's husband is the latest headline-grabber to seek in-patient help for stuff and whatever
GOP thrilled: Cantor really was threatened
Joan Walsh
His office wasn't shot up, but he did get a threat -- from a guy who had attacked Obama. And the movie "Babe"
Women as terrorist weapons in Russia
Tracy Clark-Flory
Female suicide bombers, like those suspected in the Moscow attack, are stealthier and garner more media attention
“The Genius in All of Us”
Laura Miller
A new book persuasively argues that extraordinary intelligence and talent are not genetic gifts
Making a whale into a killer
Jed Lipinski
In the wake of the SeaWorld attack, an expert explains how captivity drives orcas crazy -- and can turn them deadly
“We’ve Got Issues”: Big Pharma might not be lying
Amy Tuteur
Judith Warner's brave new book upends the myth that our children are being overmedicated
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