Re-Open the Asylums: A New Take
It is imperative that we balance compassion with realism and public safety. We must talk about crime, addiction, illness and everything else.
Tagged: Mental Health
Mocha-Vodka-Xanax and Learned Mental Helplessness
The over-use of mental illness as an excuse for poor behavior among rich and increasingly middle class whites is not admirable.
OT Contributor Network: Heard Tell Podcast on Mental Health w/Dr Kathryn Gordon
The latest episode of Heard Tell has Andrew Donaldson talking to Dr. Kathryn Gordon about mental health, social media, culture, and more.
Naomi Osaka vs The French: Read It For Yourself
Naomi Osaka will have options & support far beyond what an hourly employee in a service job might, but both should be reasonably accommodated
Self-injury & Me
Trigger warning: This post discusses self-injury, sometimes known as “cutting,” even though not all self-injury involves cutting. I’ve tried to avoid dwelling on the exact details of my own self-injury practices, but I do allude to them.
A Cultural History of Anemia
I began to wonder, could that ancient diagnosis of hysteria really just be anemia mixed with a distrust of women’s sexuality?
6 Great Mental Health Moments in BoJack Horseman’s 6th Season
BoJack Horseman portrays mental health issues so realistically at times that you almost forget it takes place in a world full of talking animals
Review: ‘Joker’ Is a Disturbing Look at a Broken Man
This is not a super hero movie. There is nobody in a spandex costume. Nobody has super powers. There are minimal special effects.
3 Things to Like/Dislike About Joker’s Mental Health Depiction
Some of the depictions of mental illness were nuanced and compassionate, while some missed the mark.
Pushed Over the Edge
What sort of bullying conduct would cross a threshold into criminality? It certainly seems that a person who sets out to drive a person to their death and succeeds should face some sort of punishment.
We Don’t Really Care Why
I don’t know the answer. I just know we will never find it because we can’t leave our corners.
Linky Friday: Mental Health
Linky Friday, Ordinary Times’ weekly tradition of links to stories from around the world and across the web. This week, a focus on mental health to read, share, and discuss.
It’s Spooky Season: The Weston State Hospital
If any place is haunted, certainly the Weston State Hospital is-if not by ghosts, than at least by the stain of human suffering that took place within the walls.
Incarcerated with the madness
Abby Haglage has an article at the Daily Beast on the shocking number of incarcerated prisoners with mental health issues: In a new study by Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC), a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating barriers to treating...
How to Join a Social Circle & Make Friends in a Group
~by Rod Engelsman Note: I’d been mulling over a guest post on this topic for the last several days. Given the rumors surrounding the mental state of the perpetrator of last Friday’s horror in Connecticut,...
