trigger warning: depression, suicide The recent suicide of a young Filipina artist has been publicized through a post on Facebook. The post compiles an image of her last artwork (which depicted an apparent suicide), some of her selfies, and screenshots of her Facebook posts that expressed feelings of loneliness and pain, words about depression, and […]
Tag Archives: Psychiatry
Hi, how’s your mental health? This compilation lists talks that offer tips on how to better care for your mental health, allow an inside look at mental illness, and challenge society to eliminate the stigma around mental health issues. These are the talks that have inspired me, and are continuing to inspire me, as a […]
If there were a delete button on mental illness, would you press it? I’m asking this because I am still bothered by a question I was asked several months ago. I was giving a mental health awareness talk in one of the colleges here, and during the open forum, one student asked me: “If there […]
It’s interesting how the field of psychiatry is still battling the same questions it did 40 years ago. This talk by Jon Ronson reminds me of a 1973 experiment by D.L. Rosenhan that tried to get 8 psychologically stable people admitted to mental hospitals. All 8 “pseudopatients” gave accurate histories, except for their names […]
InkBlots and IceBergs 