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Mental disorder

For one of their projects, children were asked to draw two worlds: the reality they live in today and an imaginary world they would like for themselves, and then connect the two with a bridge.

A mental health crisis on Lesbos is worsening 

Refugees

Reports of suicide attempts within the refugee population are up, as are other symptoms related to depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Meanwhile, virtually all mental services on the island are at capacity. 

Global mental health issues woefully overlooked

Health & Medicine
"Deepali," who lives in Delhi with her parents, was twice committed to a mental institution against her will, even though her doctor said she didn't need that kind of treatment.

One woman in India battles the label, and stigma, of mental illness

Health
The World

In Arizona’s wake, gun control for the mentally ill?

Conflict & Justice

A Psychiatrist’s Encounters with the Mind in Crisis

Doctor suggests social media may be cause of a viral twitching disorder

Health & Medicine

Doctors treating the case of nearly 20 teenagers with a bizarre outbreak of a twitching disorder in upstate New York say that the symptoms may be spreading through social media. However, some doctors are offering a different explanation of the cause of the illness–an autoimmune disorder called PANDAS.

Big pharma’s role in mental illness

Health & Medicine

Claims that pharmaceutical companies play an enormous role in deciding what causes mental illness and how those illnesses should be treated.

Changing the way the world goes mad

Health & Medicine

Americans are exporting Western concepts of mental illness. Unfortunately, the American way might not be the best.

Mental disorders reclassified

Health & Medicine

Contentious debates have begun as the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” gets a new edition.

Defining Normal After a Diagnosis of Schizophrenia

This week, the American Psychiatric Association unveils the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the so-called bible of mental illness. The bible has changed with our society’s understanding of mental illness and health; and it’s changed along with what we’ve all come to understand as quote unquote, normal. But beyond the big, controversial […]