Showing results for: mental illness (page 81)
I’m an artist terrified of the vast, blank canvas
Cary Tennis
I know I have talent but I'm afraid to paint.
How to humanize a killer
Sarah Elizabeth Richards
Defense teams in capital cases research their clients' childhood -- and conduct often-harrowing interviews with the clients' families -- to evoke sympathy from juries. Critics call mitigation evidence the "abuse excuse."
My kids are wrecks
Cary Tennis
I brought them up well, but I couldn't erase my family's legacy of alcoholism, depression and bipolar disorder.
The children they gave away
Sarah Karnasiewicz
In the decades between World War II and Roe v. Wade, 1.5 million young women were secretly sent to homes for unwed mothers and coerced into giving their babies up for adoption. Now their stories are finally being told.
The madness of it all
Fred Redekop
At the mental health home where I work, patients are pushed to be as independent as possible. But it's just as vital for them to feel connected.
Beyond the Multiplex: Tribeca
Andrew O'Hehir
A haunting look at Golden Gate Bridge "jumpers." Plus: Malkovich plays faux-Kubrick; Travolta and Gandolfini, together at last.
Stiffing veterans
Judith Coburn
The underfunded V.A. is being overwhelmed by injured soldiers -- and the administration that sent them to war won't pay to take care of them.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Films to watch for at De Niro's big bash. Plus: Dan Clowes and Terry Zwigoff explain "Art School Confidential."
I think my boyfriend had an episode of major depression
Cary Tennis
He spent a couple of years listless, sleepless and unhappy -- but says he wasn't depressed.
Our crazy mental health system
Marissa Kantor
A crusading journalist with a bipolar son says jails have become warehouses for the mad -- and argues for forced commitment.
A harmonic convergence of Bruce Sterling
Andrew Leonard
Spimes, why people hate Exxon, and viridian design.
Madness, medication and motherhood
Maud Casey
I have bipolar disorder. I want a child, but I am terrified of going off my meds -- and of birth defects. Do I dare trust this body to create another one?
Oscar castrates himself
Cintra Wilson
The Academy celebrates niceness, bleeps out "bitch" and pats itself on the back for good behavior. And what did they do to poor Jon Stewart?
What’s the best method for a painless suicide?
Cary Tennis
I am done with life, but don't want to suffer when I go.
“I can give you condoms, but I’ll have to tell the cops”
Lynn Harris
Kansas trial: Must counselors report teen sex? (Including "fondling with intent to arouse"?)
“Fidelity is a personality trait”
Ayelet Waldman
In an excerpt from Ayelet Waldman's new novel, sparks fly between heroine Emilia Greenleaf and her older, married lover.
Just when I thought I was going to be fine, they say I’m bipolar
Cary Tennis
After all I've been through, how am I supposed to keep my chin up now?
I was conned by JT Leroy
Ayelet Waldman
I talked to him on the phone for hours. I even listened to his therapy sessions on tape. And after one particularly weird conversation about his upcoming sex-change operation, I decided he was a fake. So why did I still get sucked in?
I’m having symptoms of mental illness in grad school
Cary Tennis
People are looking at me funny -- should I reveal my diagnosis?
Losing their minds
Mark Benjamin
More U.S. soldiers than ever are sustaining serious brain injuries in Iraq. But a significant number of them are being misdiagnosed, forced to wait for treatment or even being called liars by the Army.
Best bedtime stories
Sarah Karnasiewicz
In time for the holiday shopping crunch, Salon recommends four fantastic kids books that will delight parents, too.
Incalculable pain
Mark Benjamin
The Pentagon is underreporting the number of American soldier casualties in Iraq, say House Democrats.
A new look at anorexia
Sarah Karnasiewicz
Doctors now believe the eating disorder is a product of nature, not nurture -- and has reach far beyond rich, white teens.
Best of Salon: 2005
Salon Staff
A photo gallery of Iraq's unseen war, a journey through the "ex-gay" Christian ministries, and Scientology's war on psychiatry.
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