On AlterNet: mental illness
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "mental illness"
Amy Dempsey, RH Reality Check AlterNet: PEEK. July 27, 2009.
Asked if he thinks Tiller's shooting was justified, Roeder replied, "Well, yeah ... how could it not be?"
Daniel Freeman, Jason Freeman, Independent UK. June 19, 2009.
Disturbed nights and mental illness have always been linked. Now research shows insomnia is not just a symptom, but a cause.
Michael J. Carter, IPS News. November 7, 2008.
As prisoners across the country spend decades awaiting execution, the psychological effects are devastating.
Richard A. Friedman, The American Prospect. August 5, 2008.
From Virginia Tech's Cho to Hannibal Lecter, exaggerated portraits of mental illness show how much we have yet to learn about
psychiatric disorders.
Art Levine, The American Prospect. July 26, 2008.
Mentally ill adults who receive treatment in the public-health system die 25 years sooner, on average, than Americans overall.
Robert Westhead, The Independent UK. February 19, 2008.
The media have Britney in the bipolar spotlight. But what's it really like to live with this disorder?
Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. January 28, 2008.
Big pharma has some new customers. Not complying with authority is now, in many cases, labeled a disease.
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. January 15, 2008.
Unlike the majority of civilians who commit murder, the majority of the 121 veterans documented by the Times reporters had no criminal history.