In “The Story of Ryan Anderson”, NBA star Ryan Anderson, talks candidly about losing his girlfriend to suicide in 2013. In the video, he discusses…
In “Explaining Depression to My Mother” Sabrina Benaim uses the power of spoken word to communicate with her mother, revealing her struggle with mental illness–specifically,…
In the 1960s, guitarist/songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel wrote a song about suicide. On their surface, the lyrics explain that severe loneliness and…
Nearly nine of every ten adults in the United States will gamble recreationally at some point in their lives. But for around two percent of…
In his series, ‘It’s Hardly Noticeable’, photographer John William Keedy depict his personal struggle with anxiety through photography. He didn’t just publish self-portraits, however. Instead,…
‘Phobia’, a short film by Jordy Templeman, describes the everyday struggles of a man suffering from a phobia of open spaces. This film portrays the extreme…
2014 could not have been easy for anyone with a fear of flying. The inexplicable disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, the shooting down of…
‘Scars’, a song by artist Allison Iraheta, describes her personal journey through emotional abuse and depression. The lyrics depict the sense of hopelessness and confusion she…
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…
In Nepal, the incidence of human trafficking has grown in the past decade. Each year, over 7,000 women and girls are trafficked out to India,…
‘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…
It seems so paradoxical. After all the stress, paperwork, home assessments, and expenses that go into adopting a child, the final approval ought to be…
“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…
Lara Mcleod was just 19 when she was reportedly raped by Joaquin Rams, the fiancée of her elder sister. At the time Lara stated that…
‘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…
A recent study, conducted by the Washington-based group Disability Rights International, found that the sexual abuse and forced sterilization of Mexican women with psychological disabilities…
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…
