Autism is Not a Disease – review
Despite some shortcomings, Jodie Hare’s book is an invaluable introduction to neurodiversity as a liberatory movement writes Beauty Dhlamini
The Invisible Man
We see right through the unshowered soul living in a car by the beach, or by the Walmart, or by the side of the road. But he’s there, and he…
Police have shot people experiencing a mental health crisis. Who should you call instead?
Nearly 15% of men and 30% of women booked into jails have a serious mental health condition,
When a call to the police for help turns deadly
In at least 178 cases over three years, law enforcement killed the individuals they were called to assist
SHELF LIFE—Tastes Like War with Grace M. Cho – Virginia Festival of the Book
Grace M. Cho discusses her latest book, Tastes Like War, which was a nonfiction finalist for the 2021 National Book Award. Part memoir, part sociological investigation, Tastes Like War offers…
Laziness Does Not Exist
If a person can’t get out of bed, something is making them exhausted. If a student isn’t writing papers, there’s some aspect of the assignment that they can’t do without…
Japan’s “Suicide Forest” Victims Deserve More Respect
Japan's Aokigahara Forest has an undue reputation in the Western imagination as a place not necessarily of tragedy, but of allure.
A Mental Disease by Any Other Name
t starts without warning—or rather, the warnings are there, but your ability to detect them exists only in hindsight. First you’re sitting in the car with your son, then he…
The Shamanic View Of Mental Health
What Is The Shamanic View Of Mental Health? Broadly speaking any form of awareness around mental health that includes spiritual, mystic and/or mythic considerations could be included in a shamanic…