In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.:I have a dream that one day I won't hold my breath every time I tell a person that I suffer from bipolar dis...
Jay Neugeboren | Posted 12.19.2008 | Living
Why is it generally easier to find funds for people who study mental disorders in laboratories than it is to find funds that make a difference in the lives of people with mental disorders?
Gabriel London | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
DeFriest is one of 200,000 mentally ill prisoners behind bars in America. Like many of them, he has never received treatment, has rarely been medicated and is consistently punished for his symptoms.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 08.06.2008 | Living
Yes, there are some cases when close friends need to cut a little slack. Could it be that your friendship feels burdensome and painful because your friend is depressed?
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 08.06.2008 | Living
The Healthy Transition Act would provide states to identify youths with mental disorder, ascertain the help they are currently receiving and determine how to get care for them.
Liz Spikol | Posted 07.16.2008 | Living
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Jay Neugeboren | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living
My brother Robert has been a patient in the NYC mental health systems for the past 46 years, and though outraged by Esmin Green's death, I'm not surprised -- people with mental illness remain the stepchildren of the medical system.
Aaron Greenspan | Posted 07.05.2008 | Living
If I were an average American today, I might be worrying about the stock market reaching frightening lows. But the fact of the matter is that I'm not an average American, because I have a brother with autism.
Huffington Post | Posted 06.04.2008 | Living
New York Magazine has a detailed and intensive article on a new wave of autism rights activists. These new activists want "to celebrate atypical brain...
Liz Spikol | Posted 05.27.2008 | Living
Celebs who come out of the crazy closet are saying to kids (and adults) that it's all right to talk about this stuff, that there's nothing to be ashamed of.
Huffington Post | Posted 05.20.2008 | Living
Yesterday the New York Times explored the burgeoning "mad pride" movement, which aims to fight the stigma of serious mental illness like schizophrenia...
Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
In the aftermath of the shooting last week on another college campus, I am reminded of a common response to such horrors: to pray and seek solace from...
AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
MADISON, Wis. — The online gun dealer who sold a weapon to the Virginia Tech shooter said it was an unnerving coincidence that he also sold hand...
The New York Times | Judith Warner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
This storyline persists despite the fact that government research has repeatedly shown that most adults and children with mental health issues don't g...
Therese Borchard | Posted 02.19.2009 | Living