By The Associated Press, in The Oregonian, May 15, 2013 In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one’s death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain “senior moments” are called “mild neurocognitive disorder.” Those changes are just some of the reasons […]
By Marianne Udow-Phillips, Bridge Magazine, on MLive Media Group, May 12, 2013 Recent reports about a Medicaid experiment in Oregon reveal a major disconnect we have in the health care world: we make a historic — and unwarranted — distinction between “physical health” and “mental health.” Worse, that distinction actually interferes with both our investment […]
By the Associated Press, in The Oregonian, April 13, 2013 They look intently at the camera, some impassively, some with smiles, all of them aware that they’ve just shared with an online audience a most personal story: Why they tried to kill themselves. By the dozens, survivors of attempted suicide across the United States are […]
By Bethany Halford, Chemical & Engineering News, March 25, 2013 When something goes wrong with the inner workings of the body, we call it a disease. When things go awry in the mind’s fine machinery, we call it madness. Risdon Slate knows all about that. It has been more than 25 years since the events […]
By David Sirota, syndicated columnist, The Oregonian, March 2, 2013 As anyone who has ever experienced a panic attack well knows, one of the most difficult aspects of managing anxiety disorders is having to do it in secret, for fear of being labeled a freak. I can personally attest that such a fear often makes […]
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist July 26, 2011 Amy Winehouse seemingly had everything to live for. An exceptionally talented songbird, a phenomenal writer, with two best-selling albums under her belt, she was also manic-depressive and amazingly troubled, living out her issues in the headlines. Every time she had an “episode”, a fight with a fan, […]
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