ADHD

March 25, 2015 Alyssa Siegel 13

It’s amazing how long it took me to realize that my son has ADHD. I suppose it’s because I had seen worse. I expected it to look somehow different than it did. My son as […] […]

The History and Tyranny of the DSM

August 3, 2014 Ben Peck 1

In 1971, gay activist Frank Kameny stormed the American Psychiatric Association’s annual conference, held that year in a Washington ballroom. Pushing his way past shocked elderly psychiatrists, he seized the microphone and shouted: “Psychiatry is […] […]

The Way I Least Expected

November 26, 2013 Sarah Beller 5

I’m so sad and depressed I must be an artist, I thought to myself. I didn’t seem to be able to do anything else, and it seemed like the right field for someone who felt crazy. While […] […]