Showing results for: mental illness (page 80)
Is a need for skinny jeans in the genes?
Carol Lloyd
New evidence finds that anorexia may be at least partly genetic.
To spank or not to spank?
Carol Lloyd
New proposed Massachusetts legislation aims to make all corporal punishment illegal.
Should we euthanize the Yorkie?
Cary Tennis
My grandmother is ill and cannot care for her aging Yorkshire terrier.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
King Kaufman
Sean Taylor killing: A grief counselor talks about how teammates and fans can gain "control" after a senseless tragedy.
The diet that’s too good to be true
Ann Bauer
Thousands of diabetics control their weight by skipping insulin shots. It's easy, effective -- and potentially lethal.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Fall filmacopia! A look at seven -- count 'em! -- movies you won't want to miss, including the Sundance crowd-rouser "War/Dance" and a riveting film on how pianos are made.
The paranoid withdrawal fantasy
Camille Paglia
Why Iraq is not Cambodia, Mr. President. Plus: Britney's challenge, the Who's real magic, and lesbian bathroom sex.
Can I ever reconcile with my father?
Cary Tennis
I phoned him when I got out of the hospital and he said not to call anymore.
The killing of Jamie Dean
Julia Dahl
Police in rural Maryland staged a military stakeout and shot a troubled Army vet. As his family plans to sue, they are asking how a soldier being treated for PTSD could be shipped to Iraq.
“Relative Stranger”
Emily Weinstein
A writer sifts through the wreckage of her schizophrenic sister's short life. Can she penetrate the helter-skelter chaos to understand what was going on in her mind?
Blood and bile and phlegm, oh my!
Andrew O'Hehir
Before germ theory, humoral medicine -- based on magical thinking and ignorant of human anatomy -- dominated for 2,000 years. So why are today's doctors guided by some surprisingly similar principles?
Joseph LeDoux’s heavy mental
Jonathan Cott, Karen Rester
The neuroscientist explains how music, emotion and memory shape our identities -- and why he has donned a Stratocaster to keep the brain rollin' all night long.
My mom’s a hoarder
Cary Tennis
She's filled her house with stuff 4 feet deep and the family can't handle it.
The body electric
Ann Bauer
Our son's condition kept getting worse, and everything we tried to help him failed. Then we discovered there was one final option: Electroshock therapy.
I’m ashamed to be ashamed of my father
Cary Tennis
He's a Vietnam vet and a troubled man whose house is falling down around him.
Music Videos: “Listen Up!” the Gossip; “She’s Madonna,” Robbie Williams
Salon Staff
Two artists offer different takes on gender politics.
The losers’ circle
Julia Wallace
From munching parties to Slim-Fast to Atkins, we've spent centuries trying to lose weight -- despite all the evidence that diets don't work.
A cause they’ve long ago forgotten
Camille Paglia
The war goes on and on. The Democrats disappoint in their first '08 debate. Plus: Where are the black soap-opera superstars?
How little we know about Cho
Joan Walsh
Newt Gingrich blames liberalism, the Sunday Times of London blames "a feminised society." So many opinions, so little enlightenment about the Virginia Tech tragedy.
Deadly prose
Sarah Elizabeth Richards
How should creative writing teachers handle students who turn in gruesome stories?
American tragedy
Salon Staff
Members of Salon's community, Table Talk, share their thoughts on the Virginia Tech massacre.
Killer reflection
Jeff Yang
Cho and other Asian shooters were portrayed as "smart but quiet" and "fundamentally foreign." What do these stereotypes reveal, and what do they obscure?
The Fix
Scott Lamb
China gets its first gay TV show. The Wal-Mart spy story. Plus: McGraw tops the charts, J.Lo in at No. 10.
The Fix
Scott Lamb
Spelling gives birth. Jeni's family says it was suicide. Plus: March Madness takes a toll on the office.
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