NPR | Brian Mann | October 5, 2025
Tag: Mental Illness
The article: Madness on a mountain: for 15 years, my mom was trapped in a mutual psychosis
The Guardian | Joelle Fraser | September 13, 2025
Time | Why We Often Blame Violent Acts on Mental Illness
In high-profile criminal proceedings, mental health evidence often dominates the narrative. The formal insanity defense succeeds in fewer than one percent of cases, but its visibility reinforces a flawed public perception that mental illness is a common driver of violence. It usually isn’t.
Penn State | Stop comparing mental illnesses
Every experience regarding mental illnesses is unique to the person with the condition.
Brown University | Humanities students most likely to be taking medication for mental illness or disorder, Herald poll found
“LGBTQ individuals continue to have the highest rates of depression, suicidal thinking and suicide attempts,” explained Jeffrey Hunt, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior, in an interview with The Herald. “We know that it can be very stressful, depending on family support. Our political climate adds a huge amount of stress to that group.”
San Francisco Chronicle | California watchdog finds for-profit psychiatric hospital abused patients
Patient treatment plans contained “recycled language and generic information” despite differences in background, diagnoses and behavioral goals. Activities that were supposed to prepare patients to live independently instead involved little interaction, with some patients sitting by themselves or wandering. And plans to help patients transition back into the community or residential facilities were often incomplete.