Category Archives: Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, and Ableism | Creative …

People with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder deal with stigma every day, but they have to deal with ableism as well. Ableism assumes that everyone functions at the normative capacity; and that's just not true, …

PTSD: The War Disorder That Goes Far Beyond the Battlefield …

The first time I experienced what I now understand to be post-traumatic stress disorder, I was in a subway station in New York City, where I live. It was almost a year before the attacks of 9/11, and I'd just come back from two months in …

How PTSD Became a Problem Far Beyond the Battlefield – Vanity Fair

The U.S. military now has the highest rate of post-traumatic stress disorder in its history. Sebastian Junger investigates.

Mental Health 911: Areas with most calls have fewest services | WBEZ

Big cuts to mental health services have left managing mental illness to some people who never set out to do that job. People like police officers and jail staff.

Dating With Schizophrenia – The New York Times

I've had a little success dating in the nearly 10 years I've lived with schizophrenia. But there are a lot of obstacles. Schizophrenia is a terrifying word for many people. It conjures up ideas of murderous intent, lack of control and …