The film follows Dr, Kamran Ahmed, a trainee psychiatrist, teaching medical students in Somaliland. During the expedition, he made a short documentary about mental health in…
“Where Is My Mind?” by Pixies is a song inspired by a lonely time in the artist’s life when he felt his life was going…
The suicide of a celebrity comes as a shock to fans. In the wake of Robin Williams’ death, there was an outpouring of grief. But…
The British Journal of Psychiatry has a collection of pages of art about mental illness from the Royal College of Psychiatry’s “Psychiatry in Pictures” project….
RID by filmmaker John Jones describes the everyday struggles of a man suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). This film portrays the cognitive, behavioural, and…
In May 2012, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) filed a complaint with the U.S. Justice Department for maltreatment of inmates in Alabama’s Julia Tutwiler Prison…
“The Lonely” by singer and songwriter Christina Perri speaks of her experiences with loneliness and isolation, as well as her desire for closeness and intimacy. She…
Penned by Debbie Leads in 2003, this poem encapsulates the pain, confusion, and loneliness that result from comorbid diagnoses like depression and anxiety. The author’s…
Starting therapy can be an anxiety-provoking experience that is intensified by uncertainty about what happens during the actual sessions. In an interview with two clinical…
Filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt’s short film Everything will be OK captures the experiences of Bill as he starts to experience a mental breakdown. Despite small comedic…
