In an attempt to shed the stigma of mental illness and inform an uninformed public, an exhibition in China showcased artwork by individuals struggling with…
Dan Roman uses a powerful metaphor of an ever-present roommate to describe his painful experience with depression. His recitation of this poem is a moving…
Andrea Gibson is a spoken word artist and activist who writes with intense passion about mental illness, bullying, and social tragedy. In her award-winning poem,…
For the last 15 years of his life, Martin Ramirez (1895-1963) was hospitalized at the DeWitt State Hospital in Northern California with a diagnosis of…
During the Romantic age, Theodore Gericault created portraits of patients of his friend Dr. Etienne-Jean Georget. In this piece, he painted a “woman addicted to…
‘Dose’ is part of an installation called ‘Girls Behind Bars’ by Pharmacopoeia, a group of three artists whose main objective is to engage the public…
In her album, “romanticization of mental illness” Kelsey Weaver reveals an ongoing struggle with self-harm and self-medication.
‘The Weeping Woman’ is an oil-on-canvas painting created by Pablo Picasso, in 1937. Many believe that the painting is a continuation of his famous Guernica…
Michelle Hebert is an artist based out of Los Angeles, California. In this series on depression, she addresses the varying shifts in thoughts and feelings…
‘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…
“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….
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…
“Power of Peers” by the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network (GMHCN) describes the movement from isolation towards peer-oriented services in the mental health field in…
“Invictus” is a short Victorian poem written by William Ernest Henley and published in 1888. He wrote this piece during a lengthy hospital stay for…
Twenty-one year old artist Jeffrey Hanson was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis when he was only twelve years old. This rare condition caused a tumor on his…
Joshua Walters is a bipolar comedian and performer who uses the stage to explore his relationship with madness. In 2011, he gave a short TedTalk…
‘Flight’ is a song by the band Lifehouse that captures the importance of support from others, in times of difficulty and strife. The lead singer,…
Patrick Howse, a former BBC bureau chief who completed a seven-year tour of duty in and around Baghdad, has written extensively about his experience in…
Artist Melissa McCracken was born with a rare neurological condition called Synesthesia. This condition is characterized by a phenomenon, wherein sensory stimulation is automatically experienced…
“The Final Masquerade” is a rock ballad by the band Linkin Park that implies a sense of negativity and foreboding. Interestingly, however, the instrumentals create…
