05
Mar
2015
Written by Norman Bussel / Washington Post
They come into our office at the VA hospital in Montrose, N.Y., hesitantly. Eyes filled with doubt, hands restless. They want us to help them file compensation claims for disabilities resulting from their military service. Some have debilitating physical injuries, but almost every one also displays mannerisms — fidgeting in their seats, knees bobbing up and down during interviews, avoiding eye contact — that indicate that they have PTSD. The symptoms jump out at me because I have lived with PTSD for more than 70 years.
04
Mar
2015
Written by Chirlane Mccray / New York Daily News
‘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.
03
Mar
2015
Written by Sierra Marquina / US Weekly
Ryan Phillippe might have more in common with Sebastian Valmont than we thought! The Cruel Intentions alum admitted to Elle.com he suffers from depression.
03
Mar
2015
Written by Dan Feldman /
02
Mar
2015
Written by Bob Plantenberg / BuzzFeed
I was 23 and needed a summer job; he was 21 and needed full-time support. He’s one of an estimated half million people diagnosed with autism who are soon becoming adults — and who society is entirely unprepared for.
28
Feb
2015
Written by Chad Garland / Burbank Leader
David Morris said he was doomed from the moment the young infantryman he was riding with in an Army Humvee asked if he’d ever been blown up. He hadn’t — yet.
27
Feb
2015
Written by / Wall Street Journal
Millions of Americans with mental illness are hearing a loud and clear message: Get help. There’s still one question: Who is going to treat them?
27
Feb
2015
Written by Lee Moran / New York Daily News
It was a tragedy with a miraculous twist. A hotshot Texas attorney was transformed into an accomplished artist after suffering brain damage when a camera boom fell onto his head.
22
Feb
2015
Written by Patrick O'Malley / New York Times
By the time Mary came to see me, six months after losing her daughter to sudden infant death syndrome, she had hired and fired two other therapists. She was trying to get her grief right.
21
Feb
2015
Written by The Sydney Morning Herald / The Sydney Morning Herald
Labor foreign affairs spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek spoke of her brother’s death and her husband’s drug addiction in parliament on Thursday as she explained her “particular view on remorse and regret.”