The men standing firm-footed with their arms outstretched are not your typical yoga students. They are warriors - actual ones, not just spiritual.
Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living
Devastating illnesses can bring patients to the brink of a seemingly agreeable suicide. The role of the psychiatrist can be to look coldly through the pain and determine if there is a way to save the patient's life and make it worth enduring.
Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York
The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.
nytimes.com | GARDINER HARRIS and DUFF WILSON | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living
Federal drug regulators warned Wednesday that patients taking two popular drugs to stop smoking should be watched closely for signs of serious mental ...
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics
Sanford needs more than just a few Republicans calling him up, and asking him to step down. He needs someone who can come and help save him from himself.
LiveScience | Rachael Rettner | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living
Growing up is tough. But for boys, it may be even tougher. While both boys and girls face issues -- in school and out -- the problems affecting boys ...
AP | DAMIAN J. TROISE | Posted 08.01.2009 | Home
NEW YORK — The Food and Drug Administration will require two smoking-cessation drugs, Chantix and Zyban, to carry the agency's strongest safety ...
Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living
We need to be able to take complete responsibility for ourselves and to think through our problems with rational clarity. All psychiatric drugs impair those higher mental functions.
msn.com | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living
A surprising number of teenagers -- nearly 15 percent -- think they're going to die young, leading many to drug use, suicide attempts and other unsafe...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics
Patrick Farrow's connection to his famous sister drew headlines, but his name rang a bell for me for another reason: his nephew died in Iraq.
AP | WILSON RING | Posted 07.18.2009 | Entertainment
CASTLETON, Vt. — Mia Farrow's brother, a sculptor and local fixture in this college town, killed himself at his art gallery, state police and a ...
Mark Joseph | Posted 07.15.2009 | World
Japan is still an odd hybrid of the past and the future. They've skipped the personal computer and gone straight to the cell phone, where much of e-traffic occurs.
Chris Willman | Posted 07.05.2009 | Entertainment
I bore witness to what was probably David Carradine's last public appearance, in late March. It turned into a riveting hour of near-chaos.
David Danzig | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics
The stark contrast between real life at Guantanamo Bay, and the fantasy that has been built up around the so-called "hardened terrorists" who are housed there was brought into high relief this week.
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business
Emergency physicians and mental health workers in North Carolina have begun to worry that they may be in the midst of a disturbing new trend, accordin...
Sean Gilfillan | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics
Why is America insourcing sacrifice to 1% of its population when it is deemed necessary to our national security and interests?
Huffington Post | Posted 07.02.2009 | World
In what is being touted as Israel's most mass-scale war preparation drill ever, 'Turning Point 3' will over the course of five days involve both milit...
Raw Story | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics
The commander of Fort Campbell army base in Kentucky has ordered a three-day suspension of regular duties to focus on a spike in suicides among his tr...
Bernard Rowan | Posted 06.28.2009 | World
The death of Roh Moo-hyun is a call for Koreans on all sides of the political spectrum to limit the influence of money on political candidates and their families.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics
The slaughter of five comrades by a "stressed out" U.S. soldier today in Baghdad is a true tragedy -- but should not come as a shock.
Telegraph | Posted 06.04.2009 | World
The first indications of a life that has been lost appear within a hundred yards of entering the forest. Scattered across mossy tree roots are a man's...
Stephen Funk | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics
If Alyssa Peterson had never been ordered to torture she would still be alive.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics
What caused Alyssa Peterson to put a bullet in her head in September 2003 after just a few weeks in Iraq? And why were the press and the public not told about it?
AP | Posted 05.24.2009 | Business
McLEAN, Va. — Medical examiners have completed an autopsy on a Freddie Mac executive found dead in an apparent suicide, but say a final determin...
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 08.17.2009 | Living