Dignity & Living with a Mental Illness Dignity is easy to take for granted. It's something we assume will be afforded us when we come in contact with the government, a healthcare system, or even strangers on the street. After all …
If you were to experience the constant interference, disruption and pain that bipolar brings about, you would understand why one would resort to using drugs. Bipolar disorder makes it hard to get up in the morning, hard to …
What does it mean to have a mental illness in America?
A new study has found that perceptual disturbances — a milder form of full-blown hallucinations — are not necessarily predictive symptoms of schizophrenia.
Our understanding and treatment of mental disorders is primitive. Why is that? The burden on our society is huge. A quarter of women will have an episode of depression at some stage in their lives (it's about half that for men).
