Occasionally policymakers and activists will talk about how the justice system needs to keep mentally ill people out of prisons. If it did that, prisons would be very empty indeed.
Most Prisoners are Mentally Ill
12
Apr
2015
Category Archives: Anxiety
Tinder While I Taper
09
Apr
2015
I joined Tinder. I did not plan to date while tapering off antidepressants, benzos and sleeping pills. But nor did I plan to go through a breakup.
12 Things Only People With Anxiety Understand
08
Apr
2015
What does anxiety mean to you? Is it the low-level feeling of stress and fear, motivating you to be productive for fear of missing a deadline?
Pittsburgh Hip-Hop Artist Overcomes Anxiety, Crafts Positive Message
29
Mar
2015
Pittsburgh rapper Kai Roberts is just a few short months away from graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, but it wasn’t the smoothest ride to the finish line.
How Mental Illness Changes a Marriage
27
Mar
2015
Mark Lukach and his wife were doing what most twenty-something couples are doing a few years into a marriage: They were building their careers and planning a family. Until the night he got a glimpse into a future that would be different than the one they’d imagined.
Julio Salazar is Running Across Minnesota to Inspire Conversations about Mental Illness
19
Mar
2015
It took Julio Salazar years to figure out how to treat his depression. Now that he’s discovered a strategy that works for him, he wants to tell as many people as possible.
The Upside of Anxiety
11
Mar
2015
Immanuel Kant, the 18th-century German metaphysician, believed serenity to be the hallmark characteristic of virtue. A “tranquil mind,” he wrote, is the sign of a virtuous person who has brought “all his capacities and inclinations under his control.” Kant saw morality as action undertaken for the sake of duty, independent of one’s earthly desires: if you are in control of yourself, you will be calm, unperturbed by passion, and radiating peace. If he were alive today, Kant might add: “Om.”
Somali-American Imams Fight Stigma of Mental Illness
10
Mar
2015
Somali-American imams have gathered monthly to learn how to spot the signs of mental illness and steer mosque members to professional help.
Suicide Rate for U.S. Girls and Young Women Continues to Climb
09
Mar
2015
NEW YORK — The suicide rate for girls and young women in the U.S. continues to rise, at a pace far faster than for young males, health officials said Thursday.
Shattering the mental illness stigma
04
Mar
2015
‘I’m sorry, but the doctor isn’t taking new patients right now.” It took me a moment to grasp what the receptionist was telling me. After hours of internet research, innumerable phone calls, and frustrating discussions with some well-meaning but distant professionals, the psychiatrist we had identified as a good fit for Chiara wouldn’t be able to help us.