Signs of Mental Illness

The Kids Are Not All Right

Michele Willens | Posted 11.17.2011

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Michele Willens

There are just too many young people suffering and too many parents wondering what they didn't see. Evidence of this heightened anxiety is much discussed and well understood.

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Mental Illness at the Movies

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert David Jaffee

Much has already been written about Shutter Island, but my perspective may be different because the film reminded me of my own state of mind years ago, in 1999, when I was having my second psychotic break.

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Look Inside, Not To God

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

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...

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