Showing results for: mental illness (page 78)
Sex, anarchy and Russell Brand
Joy Press
The British actor, comedian and professional troublemaker talks about political comedy, dressing up as Osama bin Laden, and his new "Booky Wook."
PBS’s latest infomercial
Robert Burton
By airing another self-help show disguised as medical science -- the dubious "UltraMind Solution" -- the public network continues to undermine its credibility.
Did “sexting” cause a teen’s suicide?
Tracy Clark-Flory
An article announces that it did, while burying other key details.
The wizard of “Watchmen”
Andrew Firestone
Alan Moore talks about his career, his favorite characters and his bad influence on the comics world.
Weekend roundup: Movies not to miss
Andrew O'Hehir
"Katyn" explores a legendary Polish massacre, "Read After My Death" spills suburbia's secrets, and a New York festival previews the spring season's surprises.
Love in Brooklyn; death in Naples
Andrew O'Hehir
James Gray's dreamlike "Two Lovers" pairs a tormented Joaquin Phoenix with a bad-girl Gwyneth; ruthless mob drama "Gomorrah" makes Tony Soprano look like a lightweight.
“Kill yourself. Save us the paperwork”
Mark Benjamin, Michael de Yoanna
Pfc. Ryan Alderman, now deceased, sought medical help from the Army. He got a fistful of powerful drugs instead.
American parenting idol?
Judy Berman
Octuplet mother Nadya Suleman has hired a publicist and is fielding book and TV deals. But what does her story mean for the future of women's health?
Narcissism: The secret to women’s sexuality!
Tracy Clark-Flory
That's one theory offered in an article about research on female desire.
Dude + dude = porno!
Andrew O'Hehir
Sundance opens: Straight buds dare each other to go all the way in "Humpday"; claymation "Mary and Max" paints a pen-pal friendship in loving shades of bird poop.
Alcoholics, sexaholics, shopaholics
Laura Miller
America is a country in recovery. Two new books illustrate the paradoxes and contradictions in our current notions of addiction.
I suffer from hair-pulling disorder
Cary Tennis
I compulsively pluck my eyebrows and have to draw them on -- I'm terrified I will be found out.
Health for hard times
Rahul Parikh
A recession is good for our health, argues a current study making the media rounds. It needs a second opinion.
Princess Leia’s wild, bipolar adventures
Rebecca Traister
Help her, Obi-Wan! Carrie Fisher's memoir of her life as a "Star Wars" icon and poster child for rehab and mental illness will likely make you laugh -- and cry.
National Review asks: Did WaMu fail because it employed minorities?
Glenn Greenwald
And a conservative professor warns that Barack Obama was assisted by affirmative action and has a "thinly veiled hatred for this country's unique culture and institutions."
When kids become mass murderers
Laura Miller
What turns an angry, alienated teen into a school shooter -- and what can we do it about it?
The hemline effect
Judy Berman
With the economy in the toilet, one mother cheers the return of modest clothing.
It all started with the Germs
Andrew O'Hehir
A loving, low-budget film tries to revive the undead spirit of Darby Crash and L.A.'s most anarchic punk pioneers. But some things aren't easy to resurrect.
Stop the noise!
Katharine Mieszkowski
When noise pollution is not making us sick and anxious, it is literally killing us. How do we turn it off?
Sick in the head
Jennifer Traig
I've diagnosed myself with heart attacks, blood poisoning, meningitis and multiple sclerosis. Turns out, what I had was hypochondria.
Gambling with science
Eliza Strickland
Determined to defeat lawsuits over addiction, the casino industry is funding research at a Harvard-affiliated lab.
The madwoman in the attic
Rachel Shukert
Is a recent Times story on "Mad Pride" activists a reminder of how our culture conflates "female" and "mental illness" -- or am I just crazy?
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