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Can abortions lead to mental illness?: The debate continues about the procedure's risk to a woman's sanity.; Carol Lloyd Mar 27, 2008
"God talked to me today": I was an agnostic who never took my family to church. And then, my son starting hearing the voice of God.; By Ann Bauer Mar 22, 2008
Shouldn't my dad be told that he has Alzheimer's?: He's a shell of himself, but my mom hasn't told him why.; By Cary Tennis Feb 12, 2008
The demons you know: Bestselling author Iris Chang seemed to have everything -- including a bipolar disorder that led to her suicide. Author Paula Kamen discusses her friend's troubling story.; By Stephanie Losee Dec 13, 2007
"Relative Stranger": A writer sifts through the wreckage of her schizophrenic sister's short life. Can she penetrate the helter-skelter chaos to understand what was going on in her mind?; By Emily Weinstein Aug 24, 2007
Fatal enhancement: Does getting a boob job increase one's risk of suicide?; Carol Lloyd Aug 9, 2007
My mom's a hoarder: She's filled her house with stuff 4 feet deep and the family can't handle it.; By Cary Tennis Jul 3, 2007
The body electric: Our son's condition kept getting worse, and everything we tried to help him failed. Then we discovered there was one final option: Electroshock therapy.; By Ann Bauer Jun 19, 2007
I'm ashamed to be ashamed of my father: He's a Vietnam vet and a troubled man whose house is falling down around him.; By Cary Tennis Jun 5, 2007
Psych meds drove my son crazy: At 17, my son was a funny, odd autistic boy. But a misdiagnosis turned him into a violent, unpredictable man, and drove our family to the brink.; By Ann Bauer May 18, 2007
I'm mentally ill but I'm no mass killer: Will people with schizoaffective disorder be lumped in with psychotic murderers?; By Cary Tennis Apr 23, 2007
My mother stopped her Paxil and appears to have gone crazy: She went on Paxil eight years ago when my dad died, and now she's acting irrationally.; By Cary Tennis Feb 8, 2007
The madness of it all: At the mental health home where I work, patients are pushed to be as independent as possible. But it's just as vital for them to feel connected.; By Fred Redekop May 7, 2006
Madness, medication and motherhood: I have bipolar disorder. I want a child, but I am terrified of going off my meds -- and of birth defects. Do I dare trust this body to create another one?; By Maud Casey Apr 3, 2006
Breaking news: Women worry!: New studies show that women and men freak out in different ways.; Lori Leibovich Jan 30, 2006
The return of reefer madness: The U.S. drug czar's office is running ads implying that smoking marijuana can lead to insanity. But pushing dubious science is no way to persuade teenagers not to do drugs.; By Maia Szalavitz Sep 19, 2005
Envy and good fish just outside the padded cell: I ate my first seafood Newburg during my stay at a mental hospital. Not all of us knew where we were.; By Douglas Lang Apr 9, 2002
The Andrea Yates verdict is insane: A mentally ill mother is guilty of little more than extraordinary need and dangerous fragility, and both are beyond her control.; By Douglas Cruickshank Mar 14, 2002
Colors flies over the cuckoo's nest: The Benetton publication's latest issue on mental illness puts respectable newsmagazines to shame.; By Douglas Cruickshank Jan 9, 2002
Calling Ken Kesey: A grandchild of the '60s recalls a bedtime story about the bull-goose Prankster that echoes through her family to this day.; By Brook Wilensky-Lanford Nov 17, 2001
If I tell her she isn't invited, she'll come anyway: As my wedding day approaches, I am a hostage to my mother's mental illness. I am petrified of what she may do on the day.; By Kyanna Sutton Nov 15, 2001
Protecting us from predators: Is it fair to send sex offenders deemed "dangerous" to mental wards after they've served prison time?; By Virginia Vitzthum Apr 11, 2001
Fighting to die: I've read about therapists who brilliantly talk people out of killing themselves. But when a patient paged me to say goodbye, I was just scared and pissed off.; By Dan Shapiro Sep 25, 2000
Is it all in your head?: Yes, but that doesn't make the pain any less real.; By Michael Alvear Mar 6, 2000
Damaged goods: The parents of a murderer sue adoption workers, claiming they should have been told about the boy's mentally ill birth mother.; By Beth Broeker Feb 24, 2000

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