File this one in your basket of deplorables. This Halloween costume communicates that all mentally ill people are dangerous — and that’s an extremely disgusting assertion. The “Insane Skitzo Adult Costume” not only perpetuates the stereotype that people who are mentally ill are criminal and violent, but it makes light of us and our struggles.
Hillary Clinton is on our side. Those of us with mental illness will have an ally in the White House if she becomes president.
Scientists and researchers are closing in on identifying the genetic cause of bipolar disorder, according to a new study.
In the 1980s, when AIDS was first emerging, Sir Elton John was a wicked cocaine fiend. But he rose from addiction as a superstar performer and AIDS activist.
Sleep is restorative. But so many of us with bipolar disorder have sleep disturbances. Here are four ways to ensure sound sleep and avoid nightmares.
Prince — who suffered from incapacitating hip pain due to years performing in high heels — died from an accidental opioid overdose, the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office revealed Thursday.
Little known fact: Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, took LSD and was an advocate for the drug in the 1950s.
Recovering opioid addict, activist, and artist Macklemore paid a special visit to the White House on Saturday to talk addiction with President Obama.
Opioid-overdose deaths have nearly tripled since 2000, and Congress is finally doing something about it. Several bills passed in the House on Thursday to combat opioid addiction.
Roughly 46,000 Americans die each year from drug-related deaths, according to the DEA. More than half of those are from prescription opioids and heroin. Here’s three ways you can get rid of your old medication responsibly so that it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands..
