Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman on Parenting with a Mental Illness
Most people know Michael Chabon as the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.”And most people know his wife Ayelet Waldman as the controversial essayist...
View ArticleDr. Mark Vonnegut on His Mental Illness, Medical Career and Famous Name
What is mental illness, and what causes it? Can it be mere stress? Recreational drug use? A cheating girlfriend? A vitamin imbalance?Mark Vonnegut proposed all these possibilities in his 1975...
View ArticleIn Arizona's Wake, Gun Control for the Mentally Ill?
Much has been made of Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner’s troubled state of mind by police and former classmates. But if Loughner’s mental issues were a factor in Saturday’s attacks, does it...
View ArticleGadhafi: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?
By now, you've probably seen The Guardian newspaper's quiz, which asked takers to determine whether Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen or Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was responsible for a series of choice...
View ArticleHow to Know if You're a Psychopath
Journalist Jon Ronson has made his living writing about real people whose lives read like science fiction. "The Men Who Stare at Goats" is probably his best known work. Centering on the U.S. military’s...
View ArticleFame and Madness: Inside the Hemingway Legacy
No matter how polished our families may appear on the outside, every family has its secrets.That’s certainly the case for Mariel Hemingway. An Oscar nominee at the tender age of 16, she’s the...
View ArticleRachel Aviv on patients who deny their mental illness
This week in the magazine, Rachel Aviv chronicles the story of Linda Bishop, a mentally ill woman who would not admit she was sick. Here Aviv talks with Blake Eskin about the relationship between...
View ArticleStephen Rochelle: A Father’s Story
In July 2011, Matthew Rochelle stood trial for murder. This is the story of what happened from the point of view of his father, Stephen Rochelle.
View ArticleThe Surprising History of Gun Control, School Shooting Myths, and More
The surprising history of the gun control narrative, the media myths of past school shootings, and the problem when the media speculate on the mental health of shooters.
View ArticleCity Wants Health Department to Assume New Role with Mentally Ill
A proposed New York City Health Department initiative would target people suffering a "first episode" of schizophrenia—and give the city a more active role in treating many mentally ill New Yorkers.A...
View ArticleT.C. Boyle Talks "The Harder They Come"
Celebrated novelist T.C. Boyle talks about his latest book, "The Harder They Come," which explores the roots of violence in America.
View ArticleSecondary Violence and PTSD
In 2011, Mac McClelland was reporting on reconstruction in Haiti when she witnessed another woman's traumatic flashback. Just seeing the horror in that woman's face was enough to traumatize Mac. She...
View ArticleFeeling Through Trauma
Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk is studying the healing power of helping people with post traumatic stress disorder focus less on telling their stories, and more on how their stories feel — how they...
View ArticleThe Positive Side Of Pain
While trauma is often deeply isolating and painful to experience, there's a growing body of research that suggests there could actually be an upside to it. Journalist Jim Rendon tells producer Rehman...
View ArticleA Brief History of PTSD
David Morris spent three years reporting in Iraq before an improvised explosive device forced him to return home. The attack haunted him, and kicked off a bout with PTSD that would take years to...
View ArticleHow Outsiders Are Redefining Normal
Alissa Quart's book, "Republic of Outsiders: The Power of Amateurs, Dreamers, and Rebels," makes the case for a more expansive definition of outsiders. A definition that includes the people Quart...
View ArticleA Ray of Hope For Inmates With Mental Illness
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. You don't hear many "good" stories from ADX-Florence, the "supermax" prison in Florence, Colorado.The facility is known for housing the worst...
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