Showing results for: mental illness (page 86)
The homeless blogger
Noah Shachtman
Kevin Barbieux sleeps in abandoned buildings or shelters -- and writes a daily journal that has made him an Internet celebrity.
Great expectations
Salon Staff
Parents can't overpower nature in defining their children's personalities, says Dr. Lawrence Diller. But they have enormous influence when it comes to behavior.
Madison Avenue and your brain
Matthew Blakeslee
New advances in neuroscience are explaining why people just do it, exactly as they're told to, when that commercial comes on.
“Normal will never happen again”
Douglas Cruickshank
The author of two books about coping with sudden death talks about the emotional fallout of losing someone without having had a chance to say goodbye.
Mood swings
Cary Tennis
My husband suffers from depression and I've taken a lover. But what about my promise to be with him "in sickness and in health"?
“You Are Not a Stranger Here,” by Adam Haslett
Laura Miller
Nine surprising stories by a new master about people who must choose between subduing the demons of depression or facing them head on.
But enough about you
Nell Casey
From Britney Spears to Angelina Jolie to robber CEOs, narcissists are selfish and maddening -- and yet we just can't get enough of them.
Why Moussaoui matters
Bruce Shapiro
Yes, he's a self-proclaimed al-Qaida follower who hates America. But he also seems to be a delusional
loose cannon who may not have been part of the Sept. 11 group -- and the country deserves a trial that gets at the truth.
Lawsuits, hormones and celebrity pushers
Salon Staff
Readers respond to articles about parents suing teachers, hormone replacement therapy and stars shilling for pharmaceuticals and medical procedures.
Blinded by love
Cary Tennis
What thwarts love more -- not being able to see or not being able to tell the truth? Plus: How long does it take to mend a broken heart?
Moussaoui denies Sept. 11 role
Larry Margasak
“Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”
Stephanie Zacharek
This "message" flick by the writer of "Thelma and Louise" brays that women are strong and have got to stick together -- but it doesn't make you want to join the sisterhood.
False accusations, bad boys and stripping Christians
Salon Staff
Readers respond to recent articles on molestation allegations, acceptable sexual behavior and the Christian way to handle exotic dancers.
Men who hurt themselves for a living
Cintra Wilson
Whimpering existential wimp-thug David Blaine lays his cojones on the scales against cackling, criminally irreverent feces-diver Johnny Knoxville. Knoxville's have more heft.
Bush’s band-aid approach
Fran Smith
A prestigious, congressionally mandated report has found that minority Americans receive glaringly inferior medical care. The Bush response: Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day!
“The Fasting Girl” by Michelle Stacey
Kate Bolick
Victorian America's foremost anorexic became hugely famous for surviving for 12 years on a few spoonfuls of milk and a banana.
The arrogance of the Catholic Church
Robert Scheer
The pope's refusal to seriously address the current sex scandal -- and his attempt to blame homosexuals for the problem -- follows in a grand tradition of church coverups.
Envy and good fish just outside the padded cell
Douglas Lang
I ate my first seafood Newburg during my stay at a mental hospital. Not all of us knew where we were.
Literary Daybook, March 28
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Mauling justice
Joan Walsh
Marjorie Knoller is guilty of being a loathsome creep. But she isn't guilty of second-degree murder -- and the gays celebrating her conviction are putting tribalism before justice.
The politics of money and insanity
Salon Staff
Readers respond to a Sept. 11 widow's anger at cartoonist Ted Rall, and to Douglas Cruickshank's criticism of the Andrea Yates verdict.
The Andrea Yates verdict is insane
Douglas Cruickshank
A mentally ill mother
is guilty of little more than extraordinary need and dangerous fragility, and both are
beyond her control.
Worst-case scenario
Suzanne O'Malley
I knew it was coming, but it's still hard to accept: In Texas, mental illness is not a defense to murder.
Swift injustice
Janelle Brown
Anger and frustration dominate reactions to the quick guilty verdict in the murder trial of Andrea Yates.
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