Bi Polar Disorder

PHOTOS: Soap Star Maurice Benard's Home For $2.9 Million

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 06.27.2011

Soap Star Maurice Benard and his wife Paula have put their Hollywood Hills home on the market for $2.9 million. Situated on over an acre of land, this...

Losing Siblings

Linnie Frank Bailey | Posted 11.17.2011

Linnie Frank Bailey

Some siblings are lost through death, others to squabbles and disagreements. Sometimes it's minor, and sometimes it's major, although it seems to me that when you're standing over a sibling's grave, most conflicts pale in comparison.

What Goes Around Comes Around

Erica Manfred | Posted 05.25.2011

Erica Manfred

Maybe what goes around really does came around. I have not only been the betrayed wife but the other woman. I know how it feels to be in both posit...

Logic, Guns and Mental Illness

Gloria Duffy | Posted 05.25.2011

Gloria Duffy

The logic is absolutely clear -- the more guns in private hands, the more people will be shot and killed each year in the US. The more guns in private hands, the greater the number will be of mentally unstable individuals with guns.

The Over-Prescribing of Psychoactive Drugs To Children: A Scourge Of Our Times

Dr. Ronald Ricker and Dr. Venus Nicolino | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Ronald Ricker and Dr. Venus Nicolino

The prescription of psychoactive drugs is said to treat "chemical imbalances" causing ADHD and Depression. However, what we call "disease-ausing chemical imbalances," is simply incorrect .

Suffering, Seeking & Sanity

Eliezer Sobel | Posted 11.17.2011

Eliezer Sobel

Over time, the object of my seeking evolved from merely looking for personal relief, to a grander, all-encompassing search for truth, God and enlightenment.

Second Thoughts

Robert M. Grossman | Posted 11.17.2011

Robert M. Grossman

I had arrived several days earlier for a gathering with a few classmates to reminisce over our years at college a half century ago. That had now ended...

Why New York City Needed A Comprehensive Web Site for Mental Illness

Charlotte Moses Fischman | Posted 11.17.2011

Charlotte Moses Fischman

When our family was thrust into the world of mental illness, we felt like we had been cast into outer space. Now, the NYC community finally has a web site to help families, consumers and providers.

John McCain: Suffering from Irregularity

Justin Frank | Posted 05.25.2011

Justin Frank

John McCain lurches from plan to plan, from statement to statement, from action to action. His behavior reminds me of my most manic patients when I w...