Showing results for: mental illness (page 74)
I’m dying and I just want my kids to get along
Cary Tennis
Harmony is all I need from them in my final months. If they could only give me that
My son, the pink boy
Sarah Hoffman
Moms ask if my "feminine" son is gay. Strangers tell me I'm being too permissive. Here's what they don't understand
What I learned pretending to be homeless
Ashley Womble
I took part in a study hoping to understand my brother, who lives on the streets. All I found were more questions
Mosque bomb suspect placed ’85 airport explosive
AP/Salon
Roger Stockham, the man accused of a Detroit-area terrorism attempt, has a violent past
Abortion does not harm mental health, study says
Alicia Chang
A 12-year-long investigation shows that childbirth increases risk for mental illness but abortion does not
Patton Oswalt battles his demons (and zombies)
Kerry Lauerman
The comedian talks about his very funny new book, '80s nerd nostalgia and what makes a terrible stand-up comic
In the crosshairs
Tom Engelhardt
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan go underreported even as the nation mourns victims of the Loughner shooting
What the “right to bear arms” really means
Saul Cornell
As long as there have been guns in America, they have been regulated -- even in Dodge City
“Do you keep a gun in your home?”
Maria Stuart
It's the question I ask every parent before my son goes over to their house. Am I embarrassing my kid? Too bad
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
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