Before we delve into the posts we’re reading and loving elsewhere on the internet, don’t miss Darrin DuFord's review of Boarding House Reach, one of our most popular posts last week! And...
I was in graduate school before I acknowledged something was wrong. The worries, the quirks, the little obsessive tendencies that I could previously ignore or just chalk up to my being “eccentric...
In Japan, NHK (Japan’s public broadcasting organization) produces a program called Cool Japan. In it, new transplants to Japan are taken on cultural field trips around the country. In the...
Happy Monday, gentle readers! It's the most spooktacular month of the year, but we promise none of our longreads recommendations are scary. Well, maybe one or two. We're thinking a great deal about...
Medications for people with mental health problems have been around for decades, with many new and improved versions tested and introduced over the years. And, with one in four people...
There is a reason the National Alliance on Mental Illness calls its outreach program “Ending the Silence”. When assessing our collective well-being and potential, mental health is a...
Picture the scene: a woman goes to a railway track, determined to self-harm. Eventually, after negotiation with police officers, she resists the urge to hurt herself and leaves the scene. Relief all...
As saddening and tragic as any suicide is, the news that 21 reality TV stars have ended their own lives over the past decade isn't entirely shocking. Of all the genres to have ever graced or...
Every 40 seconds one person commits suicide. Only in the past 45 years the world has turned 60 per cent more suicidal than it used to be. Unemployment, low income, age (over 45), low social status,...
The child rights spotlight is firmly on Ireland at the moment. The latest harrowing news is that, in 2013, eighty-three children were placed in adult psychiatric units. The Code of Practice Relating...
