Mental Health

Blogs

December 2019
Getting SAD in the winter – Why do we have emotions? – December 4, 2019

September 2019
All the different kinds of mind reading – does it exist? – September 28, 2019
Are you manic right now? – September 9, 2019
The psych wards are full and why that matters – September 4, 2019

August 2019
The four kinds of OCD – Intrusive thought predominant – August 14, 2019
Of depression – August 6, 2019
Shootings, imitation, and media responsibility – August 5, 2019
The pills aren’t working – August 4, 2019
The four kinds of OCD – Numeracy and Symmetry – August 1, 2019

Week 6
What is Not Criminally Responsible? – July 16, 2019
Language matters – What OCD isn’t – July 17, 2019
The four kinds of OCD – Contamination – July 18, 2019
What makes something addictive?  – July 20, 2019
The four kinds of OCD – Doubt – July 21, 2019

 Week 5
Are you a patient or a client? – July 10, 2019

Week 4
Mental illness exists for a reason (part 4) – July 1, 2019
How being in crowds (may have) caused psychosis – July 2, 2019
Blogging for mental health – July 3, 2019
Take a minute – July 4, 2019
Why does anxiety make me tense? – July 6, 2019
Is electrocumpulsive therapy inhumane? – July 7, 2019

Week 3
Mental illness exists for a reason (part 1) – June 24, 2019
Narratives and Post-traumatic stress – June 25, 2019
Mental illness exists for a reason (part 2) – June 26, 2019
Chest pain is in your head – June 27, 2019
Mental illness exists for a reason (part 3) – June 28, 2019
Can you develop ADHD? – June 30, 2019

Week 2
The first patient I cured – June 17, 2019
Why can’t I sleep? – June 18, 2019
Were we meant to be alone? – June 19, 2019
Goodbye Psychiatry, I’ll miss you! – June 20, 2019
When soul meets body – June 21, 2019
Does ADHD exist? – June 23, 2019

Week 1
One hundred diagnoses – June 10, 2019
Living on the edge – June 11, 2019
Mental illnesses are made up (sort of) – June 12, 2019
There’s a microchip in my head – June 13, 2019
He’s biting again – June 14, 2019
Language matters – Does everyone have mental illness? – June 15, 2019
Depression-Go-Round – June 16, 2019