Searching for Structure
An autistic writer tries to make sense of his passion for trains, maps, and timetables.
Mathieu Vaillancourt
· 4 min read
Mental Health
A collection of 45 posts
Podcast #325: Why We Need to Talk About Transgender School Shooters
Jonathan Kay speaks with journalist Adam Zivo about the 10 February school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia—a mass murder perpetrated by a trans-identified male gunman who was initially identified by police and journalists as a woman.
Quillette
· 3 min read
Stop Pretending the Tumbler Ridge Killer Was Female
The sight of Canadian police and journalists extending fraudulent courtesies to a trans-identified mass-murderer may prove to be a clarifying moment.
Jonathan Kay
· 10 min read
The Truth About Narcissistic Personality Disorder with Giancarlo Dimaggio | Quillette Cetera Ep. 47
A leading expert in narcissism explains why it’s so often misunderstood—and why narcissists deserve more empathy, not armchair diagnosis on social media.
Zoe Sankey
· 20 min read
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 Sankey
· 21 min read
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