A business student from China who said a bout with depression led to his expulsion for academic reasons has become the face of a labor-driven push for better mental health care at Yale University.
At a time of heightened concern over police shootings, a new report estimates that people with mental illness are 16 times more likely than others to be killed by police.
One of the biggest challenges people with mental illness face are references to being cured. The illnesses can be treated and controlled , but they do not go away. Donald Trump was right.
People who have personality disorders appear normal and accomplished, and their accomplishments can make them feel above others. They see everyone else, not themselves, as needing treatment. It is very different from having a big ego.
Sage, a copper-colored Paint quarter horse, stood calmly as Devon Sachey attached a lead rope to the docile animal, leading him out of the pen at HEARTS Therapeutic Riding Center.
As an advocate of free speech, I am an unlikely person to defend the current move towards “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” on university campuses. And I am not going to. But I am going to tell a story to illustrate that words can be weapons, and that those weapons can cause great harm.
My friend, Marsha, is the oldest of seven and the daughter of a World War II combat veteran. Marsha’s father, like most men of his generation, spoke very little about his war experiences, and what happened in the war was never directly known by most of his children.
Frank Bruno leans in towards me and delivers a stare once reserved for his opponents in the ring. “I know I will have this illness for the rest of my life,” he says. “But I will never, ever, let it beat me. I am going nowhere.”
In his newest Vlogbrother’s video, author John Green opens up about his experience living with a mental illness — as well as one huge problem with the way we talk about it.
I’m a friend, daughter, student, and activist. I am also a person who lives with generalized anxiety disorder and mild depression. Out of all the ways that I define myself, my mental illness has presented the greatest struggle, but also the greatest growth, change, and self-examination.
Amy Luxenburger rested her head on her mother’s shoulder in the back seat of the car, suspended somewhere between reality and the illness that imprisoned her mind. She stared at the birds outside.