She specializes in self portraiture, black and white photography and vintage photographic equipment that infuses her images with a timeless dimension. The purpose: raising awareness of mental health. To do […]

She specializes in self portraiture, black and white photography and vintage photographic equipment that infuses her images with a timeless dimension. The purpose: raising awareness of mental health. To do […]

“Our care has been lacking,” Hamilton said. She said a mental-health system that's tilted strongly toward the pharmaceutical industry winds up overmedicating people in desperate need of compassionate, the […]

According to socialanxietyinstitute.org, social anxiety is a disorder in which one has “the fear of interaction with other people that brings on self-consciousness, feelings of being negatively judged and e […]

I was in graduate school when I had my first psychotic break. School meant everything to me. I know the stress and anxiety that comes with school performance, too. Many students these days struggle with mental […]

Lithium, the first drug treatment used for bipolar disorder, was considered so effective when it was introduced that medication has been the primary focus of.

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Soon after moving to Utah this summer, Rainbow Sky Buck ended up at the hospital with a painful ear infection. There, Buck learned she no longer had access to the free health coverage she had in California as […]

By Terri Schwartz The television landscape is currently an embarrassment of riches, with more quality TV on the air (and streaming!) than any person can reasonably keep up with. That’s why it might have been e […]

TEDx Georgetown On Oct. 24, the fifth annual installment of TEDxGeorgetown will be held in Gaston Hall, consisting of talks by Georgetown students, faculty, and experts in a variety of fields about the […]

Discussion: “Revisiting the Virginia Tech shootings: An Ecological Systems Analysis” Alexis Bird & Rebecca Graham Instructions: Work with your assigned partner to complete the worksheet below. Post your fin […]

I know that bringing awareness to ending the stigma of mental illness is one of the best things we get to do with the platform we’ve got up on that stage. But there are nights when I hear about fans of ours […]

One of the less-examined areas of addiction is food addiction. It is estimated that eight million Americans have an eating disorder–seven million women and one million men. Celebrities with eating disorders i […]

Whenever there’s a mass shooting, people who support gun rights start lining up around the block to call for better mental health care. They’re implying, quite disingenuously, that people with mental illness […]

Great relief for the people suffering from Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder. Now an antipsychotic drug called aripiprazole will be available at medical stores for these patients. FDI has approved this new […]

From the Ella archives: Every weekend we bring back one of our archived stories just in case you had missed it the first time. Original post from Feb 12, 2015: Cycling is a beautiful sport. We hear it all the […]

Barrymore is one of the many celebrities who have spoken out recently about their struggles with postpartum depression.

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As you go through life there comes a good deal of maturity – that is to say that you make better decisions and enjoy life based on rational learning experiences over many years, through trial and error where […]

Multi-tasking Michael Halassa If you’ve ever had to cook dinner, prepare for the next day’s work meeting, while also listen to a friend complain over the phone, then you know all too well the importance of mul […]

I recently had the pleasure of appearing on television to talk about the stigma surrounding the topic of mental illness. The main issue is that, although mental illnesses are very common and can affect a […]

Yesterday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced at the Empire State Pride Agenda that his administration was taking actions against discrimination by extending the New York State Human Rights Law to […]