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 illness
Taking Adantage of Ye
Despite his anti-Semitic ravings, I have sympathy for Ye and want him to get help. No, my anger is at the people who are taking advantage of this man.
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.
Sunday Morning! Lucia by Alex Pheby
It’s hard to know quite how to read Lucia, an imaginative and erudite depiction of a woman’s sexual abuse and torture that may or may not have happened.
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel and the Internet Injustice Machine
The Netflix series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel is their latest quarantine hit. I can recommend it, with some caveats.
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.
Everyone in Afghanistan suffers PTSD
I’m pretty sure that long before American troops set foot in the mountains of Afghanistan, that the people of that country already suffered from post-traumatic-stress-disorder. Another ten years of war stacked on top of...
