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For the past couple of years, singer LeAnn Rimes has been in news far more for her personal life than her music. From her very public relationship with Eddie Cibrian to her body, she’s been the subject of numerous rumors and tabloid … More
It’s no secret that being different can often cause isolation, and feeling isolated can lead to depression, but a shocking study shows that children with autism spectrum disorders are 28 times more likely to be suicidal. More
What does schizophrenia have to do with depression? Or bipolar disorder with autism and ADHD? Sure, they’re all psychiatric disorders, broadly defined; but depression and bipolar are mood disorders, autism is considered a developmental disorder, ADHD a neurobehavioral problem and schizophrenia a good, old-fashioned “mental illness.” it sure shakes things up a little bit to note that all five mental health issues may stem from a common genetic variation. More
You barely have to look at smoking statistics to know that it’s terrible for your health, and with so many anti smoking campaigns educating Americans about why they should quit smoking (and never start), it’s hard to imagine why people smoke at all. But a new CDC report says that it isn’t just because of advertising that covertly appeals to teens, or movies that still make it look cool: Mental illness could be a big factor, too. More
The problem with talking about whether “the mentally ill” are more likely to commit violent crimes? The “mentally ill” includes one out of every four American adults. It might behoove us to get a little more specific. More
The National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre called for armed guards at every school, and an “active mental illness database” to prevent shootings in today’s NRA Sandy Hook press conference. His strongest focus was on promoting armed defense–”The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,” he said after explaining that no one at Sandy Hook Elementary School could stop gunman Adam Lanza because they weren’t armed. But he also slipped in several other arguments, including mention of the fact that there’s no “active national database of the mentally ill”…This isn’t exactly what I meant when I said that we should take a closer look at mental health care in light of Sandy Hook. More
Urban legend holds that full moons cause increases in lunacy, labor pains, suicide and murder, but … not so much. A team of researchers from Quebec’s Université Laval have published a study saying full moons don’t mean crap to people’s psychiatric states. More
Remember when they invented a mental disorder diagnosis for PMS a couple of years ago? The “they” I’m speaking of is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Well now some forms of PMS are called PMDD. Its symptoms are fatigue, depression, irritability, mood swings, and aches and pains. Do these symptoms sound familiar? I experience them every month. Now they are doing the same thing for tantrums. I think we can all guess what those “symptoms” are. Great idea. Why not label our toddlers as having a mental disorder for being – toddlers? More
Approximately 5.7 million Americans are living with bipolar disorder right now. Most people know this is a serious mental illness, but there is a lot that we still don’t understand. Like, what exactly is it? Who gets this? What causes it? And as with any mental illness, there are a lot of stigmas around bipolar disorder. So to help break those stigmas and set the record straight about this illness (and how someone can lead a perfectly productive and happy life), we talked with Linea Johnson, who has suffered from bipolar since she was a teenager. She and her mother, Cinda, have since co-authored Perfect Chaos: A Daughter’s Journey to Survive Bipolar, a Mother’s Struggle to Save Her. In her book, Linea writes, “There is no form of art capable of expressing this madness.” More
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After killing 12 people and injuring 58 more, many people are already arguing about the mental health of suspected Colorado shooter, James Holmes and whether he will plead insanity as a defense for his horrific rampage. If he does, it could mean he will not be held accountable for his actions–something that will make a complete mockery out of our mental health system and anyone battling a mental illness. More
The reports are still coming in, but the latest news states that 12 people were killed and at least 50 others injured in last night’s tragic Denver shooting at the latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. People are being quick to criticize how wrong it is that firearms are so accessible these days (which is true), but how about the mental state of this gunman? What kind of sicko would do this and why had nobody noticed that he was potentially mentally ill? More
Demi Lovato is on the cover of Self magazine this month, speaking out about her past struggles with self-harm, an eating disorder, and mental illness. She went into treatment for those issues in 2010. This isn’t the first time Demi has bravely spoken out about her issues, notably in the MTV documentary “Demi Lovato: Stay Strong”—but I’m still impressed and inspired by her candor and willingness to share her story in order to help others. More
File this in the really, they can do that? category: A judge in Massachusetts tried to order a mentally ill pregnant woman to have an abortion, and thereafter be sterilized. Thankfully, an appeals court intervened. More
This is a post from our sister site, TheGrindstone.
Keris Myrick is the successful chief executive of a non-profit organization in Southern California, where she oversees a staff of three dozen people. She also suffers from schizoaffective disorder, which is similar to schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. But instead of adding stress to her life, her doctors say her job actually helps keep her sane.
Myrick’s story was the subject of a surprising, inspiring story this weekend in the New York Times. Her decision to pursue meaningful, even difficult, work has helped prompt doctors to reconsider their assumptions about how mental illness should be managed. Myrick is part of an ongoing study of high-functioning people with schizophrenia, including two doctors, a lawyer, and Myrick. “It’s just embarrassing,” Dr. Stephen R. Marder, one of the authors of the study, told the paper. “For years, we as psychiatrists have been telling people with a diagnosis what to expect; we’ve been telling them who they are, how to change their lives — and it was bad information” for many of them. More
