Researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern believe it may be possible to diagnose depression using a blood test. According to Eva Redei,…
Judy Brown, an activist for women’s rights and author of Hush, speaks about her experience with sexual abuse and suicide in a closed religious community. This video…
Maya Angelou, an author, poet, and civil rights activist depicts the struggle of women in a male-dominated society. Her poetry is intended to raise awareness of women’s…
Until recently, Montgomry Danton was living on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, where his status as a gay man put him at daily risk…
Seven Years by Norah Jones leaves room for many interpretations. The lyrics speak of a little girl in autumn, evoking feelings of nostalgia and transition…
Silence is a short film by Freeman House Productions stitched together from lyrics from Nirvana’s album “Nevermind.” Released to commemorate Kurt Cobain’s passing, the film…
It seems intuitive. Psychologically adjusted clinicians should provide better psychotherapy. Aside from the stressors of their own daily life, therapists face the emotional struggles and…
“Darkness is a harsh term, don’t you think, and yet it dominates the things I see” is a line from Roll Away Your Stone by…
“Look at Me” is a spoken word performance, written and orchestrated by Azure Antoinette. Azure poetically expresses the seriousness of eating disorders in popular culture…
In 2002, U.S. President George W. Bush enacted a policy allowing faith-based organizations to receive government grants to provide social services. America’s Crisis Pregnancy Centers…
Anne Sexton (1928-1974) was an American poet known for her “confessional verse”—a very personal style of poetry. She is known to have suffered from several…
The chief editor of The Trauma & Mental Health Report, Dr. Robert Muller, has recently recorded a podcast for aspiring trauma therapist. The podcast covers…
A social media campaign aimed at raising awareness for one health problem becomes the cruel vehicle by which awareness is raised for another. On August…
John Mayer’s “Stop This Train” beautifully captures the songwriter’s existential crisis, stemming from his fear of growing old. The vocalist feels life is moving too fast…
Most us have heard the horrifying statistics surrounding domestic violence, but we rarely get to glimpse the personal stories of victims. The students of Fordham…
The defendant entered the courtroom, giving a thumbs-up to the judges and clapping mockingly at the spectators watching from a glass-walled gallery. His name: Ratko…
Broken is a song by American rock band Seether that captures the pain of coping with loneliness. The lyrics describe the importance of a partner for…
Top Counseling Schools has designed an infographic to help educate people about telepsychiatry, a phenomenon gaining popularity in the mental healthcare field for its ability…
Social media have dramatically changed the way many of us connect with family and friends. Some are now proposing that online relationships, particularly online therapeutic…
“UnMental Health” is a short film that creatively captures the thoughts and ideas of an individual with a paranoid schizophrenic disorder.
