From Languishing to Flourishing, Dr. Matthew Iasiello on the Science of Well-Being: Quillette Cetera Episode 45
Mental health isn’t just the absence of illness.
Zoe Booth
· 21 min read
mental health
A collection of 41 posts
The Fugitive Mind
My best friend had a psychotic break—our crisscrossing journeys through facts and fictions in thirteen chapters.
Joan Maltese
· 51 min read
Courage and Self-Care
Why are we encouraged to applaud the bravery of those who quit under pressure?
Craig Clifford
· 8 min read
When Therapy Makes Things Worse
Spending time with friends and family, exercise, and volunteer work are often more helpful than long conversations about one’s anxieties and grievances.
Abigail Shrier
· 9 min read
Stop Opening Up About Your Mental Health Online
Instagram being #HereForYou? Hahaha, please
Freya India
· 7 min read
Virtuous Lies and Black Despair
Many leftists claim that black Americans are crushed beneath a vast, racist social machinery. It is hard to imagine a more demoralizing message.
Julian Adorney, Jake Mackey
· 10 min read
When Kids Say They’re Trans
A new book explains how parents can help gender-distressed children who’ve come to believe they were ‘born in the wrong body.’
Sasha Ayad, Stella O’Malley
· 15 min read
Talk Therapy’s Moral Morass
Should mental-health care strive to be ethically neutral?
Robert T. Fancher
· 17 min read
Beware Psychotherapy That Works
Much has been written about the problems caused by therapy when it fails. Less discussed are the problems it can cause when it succeeds.
Steve Salerno
· 11 min read
The Ever-Expanding Definition of Trauma
In diluting the word's meaning mental health professionals are creating a generation of victims.
Alastair Mordey
· 7 min read
The Masks We Wear; The Faces We Present
A new exhibition at London’s Museum of the Mind explores the personality masks worn by the mentally ill and by the professionals who treat them.
Hannah Gal
· 8 min read
Words Don’t Matter
We have power over words, not vice versa.
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 6 min read
Death on Demand: Cautionary Tales from Canada
Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying program, once reserved for the terminally ill, is increasingly attracting applicants experiencing poverty and depression.
Margaret Wente
· 15 min read
Experiences with Suicide
Coping with a uniquely painful kind of bereavement.
Art Kusserow
· 9 min read
Spinning the Tavistock Story
Activists are twisting the closure of Tavistock as a win for gender ideology.
Bernard Lane
· 13 min read