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Time to Bring Back the Asylums May. 12, 2018
What does the word "asylum" conjure up in your mind? An overpopulated mental ward with screaming pat... Read More
Unchecked Paranoia Apr. 29, 2018
Dear Annie: What should I say to my sister when she makes outrageous claims? For example, she believ... Read More
Mental Illness and Mass Shootings Mar. 15, 2018
More information has been released about Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old who stormed into Marjory Ston... Read More
Mental Illness Neglected at High Cost in Colorado and the U.S. Oct. 25, 2017
A young man used a knife to kill his 5-year-old sister and 7-year-old brother Tuesday. "It's like it... Read More
Divulging Mental Illness in a New Relationship Jul. 17, 2017
Dear Annie: It's no secret that there is a stigma when it comes to mental health in today's society.... Read More
The Kids Are Not All Right Jun. 02, 2017
More than 36 percent of teenaged girls in America are depressed or have suffered a recent major depr... Read More
The Anti-Science Mainstreaming of Mental Illness Jan. 04, 2017
On Tuesday, the U.K.'s Daily Mail reported that 23-year-old Anna Teshu of Staten Island, New York, h... Read More
Addicted to Chaos Sep. 15, 2016
Dear Annie: My sister, "Ruth," has struggled with addiction to prescription medication since high sc... Read More
Gender Stereotypes Reversed Sep. 13, 2016
Dear Annie: My son has been married to "Josie" for 11 years. I admit I never cared for her. She has ... Read More
Mental Illness and Policy Jun. 27, 2016
I did my mother's grocery shopping last Saturday. She's 88 years old and uses a walker, so most "out... Read More
"CLASSIC" ANN LANDERS Dec. 27, 2015
Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to pub... Read More
Eliminate the Stigma of Mental Illness Oct. 19, 2015
In the next 13 minutes, someone in America will commit suicide and that cycle will repeat itself thr... Read More
The World Is Watching America's Gun Violence Oct. 10, 2015
After a glorious vacation abroad I return this week to admit I came home embarrassed for my country.... Read More
Hillary Clinton's Simple-Minded Gun Control Ideas Oct. 07, 2015
After a gunman murdered nine people at a community college in Oregon last week, President Obama said... Read More
Mental Illness Aug. 13, 2014
When the news rippled out on Monday that Robin Williams had committed suicide, even I thought —... Read More
Press Gets It Wrong Again on Mass Shooting Apr. 08, 2014
In the aftermath of the mass shootings in Aurora, Colo.; Newtown, Conn.; Tucson, Ariz.; Virginia Tec... Read More
Indefinite Detention of Sex Offenders Flouts the Rule of Law Feb. 26, 2014
Although Macon Baker completed his prison sentence in 2006, the state of Missouri kept him behind ba... Read More
Looking for Loughners: Would Laxer Commitment Rules Make Us Safer? Jan. 17, 2011
After the recent shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., the psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey, writing in Th... Read More
Sick People Jan. 17, 2011
I got my first threat when I was a young law professor. The campus newspaper reported that in teachi... Read More
