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…
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…
William Utermohlen, who suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease, used painting as an outlet to illuminate his experiences and the progression of his symptoms. All of the…
Hearing voices is usually considered a sure sign of mental illness, but recent studies suggest that hearing voices is more common in the general population…
Sue K. Green’s poem Dementia Takes Front Stage paints a graphic picture of the pain, loneliness, and confusion that sufferers of dementia go through as…
“Hate me” by musical group Blue October was written by lead singer Justin Furstenfeld as an apology to his mother for all that he put…
