Showing results for: mental illness (page 53)
Screw, spend, sleep: My battle with bipolar disorder
Tracy Chabala
When the mania kicks in, I'm ready to conquer the world -- on no sleep. Then comes the crash, and I can barely move
“What it’s like to date your dad”: Why class markers matter in stories about taboo sexuality
Erin Keane
On NY mag's "Science of Us" piece on incest, the comments are full of concern-trolling. Here's what they're missing
“Still Alice”: Julianne Moore’s brilliant, if bogus, Oscar vehicle
Andrew O'Hehir
Moore is amazing as a professor losing her memory -- but this disease-of-the-week flick is strictly pretend realism
The secret madness of Adolf Hitler
Peter Caddick-Adams
What a mysterious ailment during World War I reveals about the motivations of history's greatest monster
How I escaped my pederast
Ian Grey
The Bryan Singer scandal brings it all back for me: The drugs, the manipulation and that creepy L.A. man-boy house
“Fear can be the enemy of empathy”: Leslie Jamison on Ferguson, Ebola and America’s painful 2014
Michele Filgate
"Communal panic seemed to trump empathy," says the brilliant critic Leslie Jamison, looking back on long, hard 2014
America’s fear of black rage: Why tragic NYPD shootings are so misunderstood
Brittney Cooper
I'm deeply pained by the murder of those officers -- but the dishonest rhetoric that followed must be called out
8 horrific “cures” for mental illness through the ages
Larry Schwartz
Hydrotherapy, chemically induced seizures and lobotomy are just a few ghastly treatments that were once commonplace
The 6-step process to dispose of America’s poor
Paul Buchheit
The country's lower classes are treated like criminals or commodities. Thank our perverse brand of capitalism
My drugged life: I’ve been on antidepressants since 10
Will Barrett
My physician dad didn't want me to struggle like he did. Now I wonder: Can I ever live without these pills?
Rick Perry’s Nixon moment: Why tonight’s looming execution is a test of his humanity (UPDATE)
Heather Digby Parton
In Texas, a schizophrenic death row inmate is scheduled to die at 6 p.m. Here's what we'll learn about Perry
Attorneys: Condemned killer in Texas is delusional
Michael Graczyk
“A mockery”: Conservative group condemns planned execution of mentally ill Texas man
Luke Brinker
Scott Panetti is set to be put to death tomorrow
Mayor: $130M to revamp NYC jails for mentally ill
Jake Pearson
Mickey Rourke’s macho train wreck: A Hollywood virility pageant gone wrong
Erin Keane
Rourke returns to the ring in a televised boxing match, his latest staged comeback
Texas’ deranged “justice”: Why a planned execution will tarnish SCOTUS’ moral legitimacy
Rob Smith, Charles Ogletree
Texas wants to put Scott Panetti, a schizophrenic man, to death. Here's why the Supreme Court must not let them
David Foster Wallace’s importance of being earnest: Irony, Generation X and the sheer joy of language
Adam Kirsch
DFW was exceptional in so many ways -- and the root of his distinction might be his sense of Americanness
The crazy-making in Christianity: Religion’s cycle of self-doubt and self-punishment
Marlene Winell, Valerie Tarico
Christians like to talk about the benefits of faith. But what if the exact opposite is true?
“We are starting to break down”: Why so many Americans feel traumatized
Lynn Stuart Parramore
From crippling income inequality to limitless government spying, modern American life has never felt so grim
NBC’s frankenshow: “State of Affairs” borrows heavily from every other show on TV
Sonia Saraiya
I picked apart NBC's new drama "State of Affairs" to figure out exactly where it got all of its ideas
Shame on you, Michael Moore: Why his defense of Bill Maher was unacceptable
Ilirjan Shehu
Last week, Moore said that anger over Bill Maher's Islamophobia was misplaced. Here's why he's very wrong
Meet the “experts” using bogus science to prop up nationwide abortion restrictions
Katie McDonough
A group of 14 individuals have made more than $600,000 offering their medically discredited "expertise"
Bill Maher’s slippery slope: Why his war on Islam could hit closer to his own home
Heather Digby Parton
It's true, parts of the Quran may condone violence. Does Maher want other books and media held to this standard?
Jerry Seinfeld’s not helping: Celebrity autism claims distract from reality and research
Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Comedian's revelation doesn't build the right awareness -- and might make it harder for already overwhelmed parents
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