Showing results for: mental illness (page 84)
My husband is entranced with a woman who is manic-depressive
Cary Tennis
We're great friends with this couple, but my husband seems a little too taken with the unstable wife.
Letters
Salon Staff
Fans, detractors and Lovecraft-inspired writers respond to Laura Miller's "Master of Disgust."
Master of disgust
Laura Miller
H.P. Lovecraft built his reputation as America's greatest bad writer on a loathsome edifice of unspeakable, hideous filth whose nauseating tendrils reach into the nightmarish depths of hyperbole.
The exorcist
Rebecca Traister
In his new book, mega-selling self-help author M. Scott Peck asserts that demonic possession is real -- and tells the story of two exorcisms he conducted himself.
The worst of Times
Andrew O'Hehir
Two new books on the New York Times relive its recent crises. But while the Jayson Blair scandal made for splashy headlines, the real question is how the country's leading newspaper will recover from spreading lies about Iraq's WMD.
Why do I feel so uneasy around my father?
Cary Tennis
Did something happen in my childhood that I can't remember?
“My heart is back”
Lynn Harris
Talk therapy only increases the suffering for some trauma victims -- but alternative treatments offer new hope.
Justice for Bhopal survivors
Mark Hertsgaard
The worst industrial disaster in history killed 22,000 people and counting. Twenty years later, activists are working with Amnesty International to haul those responsible into court.
Mother of all home movies
Peter L'Official
Jonathan Caouette explains how he captured his turbulent childhood and his mentally ill mother in his documentary "Tarnation" -- which he created on his computer for $218.
Confessions of a dangerous mind
Sheerly Avni
Joe Loya has a successful career as a journalist and performer in San Francisco, but in his new memoir, he comes clean about his first career path -- robbing banks.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Does dropping a bad reality show make you feel like a quitter? Plus: It's a mixed-up, upside-down world, as Cinemax explores schizophrenia, Bill Clinton shows up on "The Daily Show," and Andy Dick dates one of his former assistants!
The Fix
Salon Staff
The Vatican is upset by naked, pregnant Monica Belluci photo; Rivers calls Crowe "arrogant" and unsexy; and Clinton turns down SNL but says "yes" to Jon Stewart.
Down and out and on the move
Michelle Goldberg
Leading a feisty army of homeless people, fiery activist Cheri Honkala is about to descend on the Republican Convention.
Tales of torture
Vikram Dodd, Tania Branigan
Questioned at gunpoint, shackled, forced to pose naked. British detainees tell their stories of Guantanamo Bay.
Dark victory
Christopher Dreher
Jim Knipfel has lost almost all his vision, suffered life-threatening seizures, attempted suicide and spent time in a mental hospital. He's also one of the driest, funniest memoirists working today.
Remote “Control”
Andrew O'Hehir
The season's first smash documentary shows why the war we're seeing looks so different overseas. Plus: A remarkable movie about being crazy, from someone who should know.
The great hair battle
Bryan Miller
My overly thick hair has proved resistant to water, wind and a collection of hair products -- so I finally decided to do something about it.
How free is free will?
Farhad Manjoo
Lauren Slater's new book about 10 landmark psychological experiments has ignited a firestorm in the psychological establishment. But whatever her shortcomings as a reporter, Slater is asking profound questions about human nature and its limitations
One minute from abnormal
James C. Moore
A Texas reporter explores Karen Hughes' cultlike devotion to George W. Bush.
Karen Hughes’ high-octane gall
Joe Conason
With amazing chutzpah, the Bush flack says reporters should ask more questions about John Kerry's military history. What they really ought to explore is her role in covering up Bush's spotty National Guard record.
Twin Study
Stacey Richter
We shared the same placenta, but everything else about Samantha and me was different. Or was it?
Letters
Salon Staff
Hey, I'm not odious! says NPR's Scott Simon. Plus: Women do lie about rape, say readers of Cathy Young's piece on Kobe Bryant and rape shield laws.
Abused husband
Cary Tennis
My wife beat me for years and the one time I fought back I got fired for it.
How much should we know about the sex life of Kobe Bryant’s accuser?
Cathy Young
Rape shield laws were created to protect victims from having their sex lives used against them in court. But where's the line between protections for victims and the constitutional rights of defendants?
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