‘Trellis’ documents the agony and trauma of young girl reacting to her friend’s sexual assault. The poet, Andrew Gibson uses vivid imagery and rhetoric to…
In the past 30 years, major advances have been made in the treatment of serious medical diseases. Today, there are 85% fewer deaths from leukemia…
Rascal Flatt’s “Why?” documents indescribable pain and grief felt by a family after losing a loved one to suicide. The lyrics “Why, that’s what I…
Alexa Meade captures the brutality of depression through her series of self-portraits titled “Falling”. Alexa has suffered from depression from the age of 10, and…
In this TedTalk given at the University of Waterloo, Alicia Raimundo details her own experiences of overcoming suicidal ideation and suicide attempt as a young…
The National’s “Terrible Love” depicts the personal anguish and loneliness of an individual who suffers from alcoholism. Unable to fall asleep without consuming alcohol, the…
Andrea Gibson is an award-winning poet and activist, whose poetry focuses on gender norms, social reform, and mental health challenges faced by individuals in the…
What if physical difficulties were treated the same way as mental health problems? This short video cleverly brings attention to the misconceptions about mental health,…
On September 10th, 2015, Stephanie Lembo posted a heartbreaking video on her Facebook page that has received nearly twenty-three million views and the attention of…
In the wake of another college shooting in the US, various politicians and media outlets predictably pointed the finger at mental illness in an effort…
