How America’s Wars Came Home With the Troops How America’s Wars Came Home With the Troops
Since 2002, veterans have been committing murder individually and in groups, killing family, friends, strangers and—in appalling numbers—themselves.
Apr 17, 2014 / Ann Jones
Officials Investigating Death of Mentally Ill Homeless Vet Who ‘Baked to Death’ in a New York City Jail Cell Officials Investigating Death of Mentally Ill Homeless Vet Who ‘Baked to Death’ in a New York City Jail Cell
Jerome Murdough was found dead in a Rikers Island jail cell after it had reached temperatures exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Mar 20, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Feminists Talk Trigger Warnings: A Round-Up Feminists Talk Trigger Warnings: A Round-Up
A triggering event can be so individual, so specific, that there is no anticipating it.
Mar 6, 2014 / Jessica Valenti
Army Finds Key to Improving Soldiers’ Mental Health, and It’s Exactly What You’d Expect Army Finds Key to Improving Soldiers’ Mental Health, and It’s Exactly What You’d Expect
To prevent mental illness in American soldiers, bring them home.
Feb 4, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Royce White: His Last Sports Interview Royce White: His Last Sports Interview
Former Iowa State basketball star and mental-health advocate Royce White gives Dave Zirin what he is calling his “last interview with a sports journalist.”
Jan 17, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Candor and Control: The Chiara de Blasio Video Candor and Control: The Chiara de Blasio Video
It’s one thing to control a sensitive story about a child’s private struggles. It’s another to package it so slickly that a genuine and inspiring message gets dro...
Dec 27, 2013 / Jarrett Murphy
The Colonel, the Veteran and the Caregiver The Colonel, the Veteran and the Caregiver
How the war changed Charlie.
Suicide Rate Climbs by 30 Percent in Kansas as Government Slashes Mental Health Budgets Suicide Rate Climbs by 30 Percent in Kansas as Government Slashes Mental Health Budgets
Even though suicide rates are climbing, the government continues to slash mental health budgets.
Oct 21, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
When Mental Illness Meets US Gun Culture When Mental Illness Meets US Gun Culture
It’s time to do something about our national gun crisis.
Sep 23, 2013 / Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Exchange—Mental Illness: Lighter and Darker Exchange—Mental Illness: Lighter and Darker
On “Madness in the Method” from April 22.
May 15, 2013 / Our Readers and Miriam Markowitz