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Mental Illness

  1. book review
    What Their Psychiatrists Won’t Tell YouIn Rachel Aviv’s book Strangers to Ourselves, personal narratives of mental illness take primacy over institutions’.
    By Jane Hu
  2. last night on late night
    Charlamagne Says He Canceled Kanye Interview Because Kanye’s Off His Meds“I think he needs to figure that out.”
    By Dee Lockett
  3. scams
    Fyre Festival Founder Says Mental Illness Led Him to Commit FraudHe has “delusional beliefs” according to a psych report.
    By Dee Lockett
  4. behind the scenes
    How Maniac’s Creators Approached Mental IllnessCary Joji Fukunaga and Patrick Somerville on therapy, world-building delusions, and the message of their bizarre Netflix show.
    By Abraham Riesman
  5. everything we learned
    Everything We Learned From Kanye’s Revealing Charlamagne Tha God InterviewObama, Trump, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, the Harriet Tubman $20 bill, and so, so, so much more.
    By Dee Lockett
  6. depression
    Dwayne Johnson Discusses Dealing With Depression: ‘We All Go Through the Sludge’In a recent interview, the Rampage actor opened up about witnessing his mother attempt suicide when he was 15.
    By Halle Kiefer
  7. What Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Depiction of Mental Illness Means to MeSeason three has been a revelation for its honest depiction of mental illness.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  8. carrie fisher
    Fans Honored Carrie Fisher by Opening Up About Mental Illness on Social MediaFisher proposed a “Bipolar Pride Day” in Wishful Drinking.
    By Tolly Wright
  9. lists
    What TV Gets Wrong About Mental IllnessDespite some bright spots, most TV shows still don’t understand mental illness.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  10. Making Mental Illness Funny Mental illness is a tricky subject. It’s something that we still know relatively little about, even though it affects millions of people […]
    By Vincent Crincoli
  11. mental illness
    John Green Discusses Dealing With Mental Illness“People get better every day. Of course, they get sick, too.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  12. trends
    2015: The Year Mental Illness Finally Got Some Respect on TVMental health on TV has been enjoying a quiet transformation in recent years, and in 2015, the change grew louder.
    By Julie Kliegman
  13. get well soon
    Sinead O’Connor’s Facebook Page Disabled After Apparent Second Suicide NoteShe reportedly wrote, “I want my right to die and I will claim it.”
    By Dee Lockett
  14. The Altruism of ComedyHow one writer credits comedian Maria Bamford with reinvigorating her will to live and banishing the shame associated with mental illness.
    By Sydney Parker
  15. Maria Bamford and the Cathartic Comedy of Mental IllnessMaria Bamford is launching a revolution from her microphone. In less than two years, Bamford has survived the death of her best friend — […]
    By Marisa Carroll
  16. The Uneasy Relationship Between Mental Illness and ComedyI had to take a Xanax to write this article. My anxiety makes it hard to start; my depression and self-doubt make it hard to come to any […]
    By Jaime Lutz
  17. Maria Bamford Tries to Find the Humor in Mental Illness“Yeah. I have a joke about how people don’t talk about mental illness the way they do other regular illnesses. ‘Well, apparently Jeff has […]
    By Jesse David Fox