Mental Illness

I Know The Devastation Suicide Leaves Behind. I Wish I Didn’t
Like Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade, my husband died by suicide, leaving our daughters and loving family struggling, wondering why.

This Is The Problem With Casually Using The Word 'Depressed'
There is a vast difference between being sad and suffering from the mental illness that I and millions of others live with, writes Jane Roper.

How To Talk To Your College-Age Kids About Depression And Suicide
Parents, have your elevator speech ready, writes Nancy Rappaport.

On 'S-Town' And Suicide: Could Anyone Have Saved John B. McLemore?
One of the implicit messages in the popular podcast is that John's suicide was inevitable, writes Karen Seif. But it is possible that mental health intervention could have saved his...

Over The Line: Halloween Fun At The Expense Of The Mentally Ill
We would be rightly horrified by a Halloween party with a concentration camp theme, or a slave ship theme, writes Rae Simpson, so how can it be okay to mock...
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