Tag: mental illness

A Salon author recently interviewed several psychiatrists after Pres. Donald Trump sent a six-page bonkers letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the eve...

Police shot and killed another unarmed African American Wednesday, this time in New York City. New York Police Department (NYPD) received three 911 calls about Saheed...

The practice was once prohibited, but it is back. Belgium and the Netherlands are euthanizing people with mental and cognitive disorders. In 2002, Belgium legalized...

Over 1 in 5 people suffer from mental illnesses. Here are some famous people who suffered from various mental illnesses: 1. Ludwig Van Beethoven He suffered...

Here we go again. Once again, white police officers shot and killed another mentally ill Black individual--right in front of her two boys and a girl,...

Too many people have lost their lives because of mental health crises. Many police officers just don't know how to handle these types of...

The Queen of Alternative Facts and advisor to President Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway, recently took some time off from babysitting our president to criticize...

Apparently, the Republican Party wants the mentally ill to have the right to purchase firearms. While having a clinical mental illness is not always debilitating, at...

File this one under "too little, too late," but at least his heart is the right place. Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu of California has been...

Republicans love guns. They also love pretending they're tough on crime by voting for every pro-gun bill the NRA floats their way. And most...

Our president, Donald Trump, and his GOP minions seem to be dead-set on undoing everything former President Barack Obama did. The House has overturned...

We lost another entertainment icon today. Actress, author, and advocate Carrie Fisher passed away at age 60. She is best known for playing Princess...

Just last week, we elected Donald Trump to be our next president. As if this wasn't horrifying enough, he has selected Steve Bannon, the RWNJ...

Possibly the last president who may have some remnants of decency, President Obama tore into Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during a rally for...

A bipolar man lost his life on Friday. Shainie Lindsay woke up to her husband calling the police to help. Her partner and father of...

A mentally ill man in Milwaukee was left to die in solitary confinement after being arrested, the Freethought Project reported. He was crying out...

The Duchess of Cambridge herself, Kate Middleton, has been outspoken about mental illness. She appeared on a new podcast to talk about mental health....

This is a bit of a touchy issue. We all know Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is not acting normally. He has been exhibiting...

Donald Trump has been the topic of a lot of amateur psychology in recent months. A lot of people have used the term narcissist freely. John...

When I was first diagnosed with a mental illness, I was watching videos about stigma. One remark struck home: mental illnesses are not "casserole illnesses." People...