![mental health, mental illness, bipolar disorder, depression, mania, youth, teenager, stigma, diagnosis, help](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2020/07/Feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“I shut down again. I went blank. One minute I was spinning, and the next minute my mind was dragging itself around in a circle,…
![Mental Health, schizophrenia, teenager, poem, patient empathy, mental health ward, words, mental illness, hospital](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/08/92675CBA-17B1-4D06-A08E-D8D938395DCC-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
At times, it is easy to assume that those admitted to the psychiatric ward of hospitals are affected only by staff-patient relationships. Brian E. Pardee’s…
![Alarm Clock](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/06/Screenshot-2015-06-18-19.20.50-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Alarm Clock, by YouTube user LoisDestinee, chronicles the life of a teenage girl battling depression. In the short film, the audience is made to watch…