Directed by Dani Fray of the York University Department of Theatre, Film, and Television, “OCD” is a short fillm that follows the average morning of…
‘Anxiety’ is an oil-on-canvas painting created by Edvard Munch in 1894. Many believe that the painting closely resembles Munch’s famous work titled ‘The Scream’. The…
In this TedTalk from 2011, JD Schramm–a Stanford University business professor–addresses the need to break the silence around suicide. He also makes an appeal for…
“One of My Turns” by Pink Floyd is an eerie song describing the instant an individual goes from being stable to having a psychotic breakdown….
David Feingold is an artist who was hit by a car when he was a child and sustained a significant traumatic brain injury, which led…
‘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…
