Showing results for: mental illness (page 79)
What the Poling autism case means
Rahul Parikh
The widely publicized court victory for the family who claimed vaccines caused autism in their daughter does not prove a link.
My beautiful, drug-addicted boy
Katharine Mieszkowski
David Sheff recounts how he lost his son to meth and the long, agonizing struggle to get him back.
Conspiracy theory in the frozen North
Andrew Leonard
Flooded villages in Alaska, record grain harvests in Finland. Who's to blame? How 'bout Exxon?
Oscar, are you listening?
Salon Staff
Salon writers and special guests weigh in on their favorite performances and movies of the year -- and the ones they couldn't stand.
Is there such a thing as too much folic acid?
Catherine Price
Some scientists suggest that folic acid -- known for preventing birth defects -- may come with a downside.
Don’t be happy, worry
Jerome Weeks
Awash in antidepressants, America is manipulated by Big Pharma and numbed out to basic, and inevitable, human pain -- or so argue critics of our serotonin nation.
Everything you know about absinthe is wrong
Sarah Hepola
Banned for a century for inspiring madness and murder, absinthe is legal again. So pour yourself a glass and get to know the real Green Fairy.
The demons you know
Stephanie Losee
Bestselling author Iris Chang seemed to have everything -- including a bipolar disorder that led to her suicide. Author Paula Kamen discusses her friend's troubling story.
The man who lost his past
Robert Burton
The documentary film "Unknown White Male," about a New York stockbroker who loses his memory, is medically implausible. But it offers an important lesson about an overlooked illness.
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.
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