http://dir.salon.com/topics/mental_illness/?source=rss&aim=mental_illness en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT By Cary Tennis Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/11/anger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/11/anger/index.html?source=rss Ever since the 2000 elections I've been angry -- not just at the government but at all of us Americans. By Cary Tennis Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/06/04/exhausted_caregiver/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/06/04/exhausted_caregiver/index.html?source=rss In caring for my sick husband and father and my demented mother, I feel I've ceased to exist as a person. Carol Lloyd Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/03/27/abortions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/03/27/abortions/index.html?source=rss The debate continues about the procedure's risk to a woman's sanity. By Ann Bauer Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/22/ann_bauer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/22/ann_bauer/index.html?source=rss I was an agnostic who never took my family to church. And then, my son starting hearing the voice of God. By Cary Tennis Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/12/alzheimers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/12/alzheimers/index.html?source=rss He's a shell of himself, but my mom hasn't told him why. By Stephanie Losee Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/12/13/paula_kamen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/12/13/paula_kamen/index.html?source=rss 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 Emily Weinstein Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/08/24/loudon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/08/24/loudon/index.html?source=rss 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? Carol Lloyd Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/09/enhancement/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/09/enhancement/index.html?source=rss Does getting a boob job increase one's risk of suicide? By Cary Tennis Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/03/hoarder/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/03/hoarder/index.html?source=rss She's filled her house with stuff 4 feet deep and the family can't handle it. By Ann Bauer Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/06/19/electroshock/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/06/19/electroshock/index.html?source=rss 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 Cary Tennis Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/05/troubled_father/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/05/troubled_father/index.html?source=rss He's a Vietnam vet and a troubled man whose house is falling down around him. By Ann Bauer Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/05/18/autism_misdiagnosis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/05/18/autism_misdiagnosis/index.html?source=rss 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 Cary Tennis Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/23/schizoaffective/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/23/schizoaffective/index.html?source=rss Will people with schizoaffective disorder be lumped in with psychotic murderers? By Cary Tennis Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/08/crazy_mother/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/08/crazy_mother/index.html?source=rss She went on Paxil eight years ago when my dad died, and now she's acting irrationally. By Fred Redekop Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/05/07/mental_health_residence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/05/07/mental_health_residence/index.html?source=rss 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 Maud Casey Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/04/03/maybe_baby_casey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/04/03/maybe_baby_casey/index.html?source=rss 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? Lori Leibovich Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/30/worry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/30/worry/index.html?source=rss New studies show that women and men freak out in different ways. By Maia Szalavitz Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/19/reefer_madness/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/19/reefer_madness/index.html?source=rss 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 Douglas Lang Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/sust/2002/04/09/newburg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/sust/2002/04/09/newburg/index.html?source=rss I ate my first seafood Newburg during my stay at a mental hospital. Not all of us knew where we were. By Douglas Cruickshank Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/03/14/yates_verdict/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/03/14/yates_verdict/index.html?source=rss A mentally ill mother is guilty of little more than extraordinary need and dangerous fragility, and both are beyond her control. By Douglas Cruickshank Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/01/09/colors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/01/09/colors/index.html?source=rss The Benetton publication's latest issue on mental illness puts respectable newsmagazines to shame. By Brook Wilensky-Lanford Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/11/17/calling_kesey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/11/17/calling_kesey/index.html?source=rss A grandchild of the '60s recalls a bedtime story about the bull-goose Prankster that echoes through her family to this day. By Kyanna Sutton Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/mothers/2001/11/15/wedding_mom/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/mothers/2001/11/15/wedding_mom/index.html?source=rss 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 Virginia Vitzthum Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/04/11/predators/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/04/11/predators/index.html?source=rss Is it fair to send sex offenders deemed "dangerous" to mental wards after they've served prison time? By Dan Shapiro Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/09/25/suicide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/09/25/suicide/index.html?source=rss 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.