Psychosis
How Outsider Art Is Breaking Down Walls Around Mental Illness In China
By exhibiting works of art created by people with mental illness in China, organizers hope to counteract negative stigma and foster connections and new respect for a marginalized population.
Meth Bugs Are Rare and Imaginary but They'll Make You Tear Your Skin Off
Anti-drug campaigns make meth bugs look like the benchmark for addiction, but the truth is that you don't need meth to see them, and some meth addicts never do.
We All Hallucinate! Just Some of Us More Than Others
Understanding the mechanisms that give rise to psychosis could help us find a better cure for it.
This Game Shows What It's Like to Suffer From Psychosis
"Hellblade" aims to give players an insight into mental illness.
Can the Long History of 'Madness' Help in Our Understanding of Mental Health Today?
We talked to sociologist Andrew Scull about his new book Madness in Civilization, which traces the history of mental health disorders over 3000 years.
This Is What It's Like to Be Committed to a British Mental Ward
We spoke to people who have experienced both voluntary and involuntary sectioning under the 1983 Mental Health Act.
This Is What It's Like to Be Committed to a British Mental Ward
We spoke to people who have experienced both voluntary and involuntary sectioning under the 1983 Mental Health Act.
Inside Britain's Mental Health Crisis
A national bed shortage means people are being shunted all over the country for hospital care. Kids are waiting more than two years for treatment and being admitted to adult psychiatric wards. What's happening?
A Stanford Medical School Student Was Arrested for Poisoning Her Classmates' Water Bottles
The suspect had recently sought psychological care and has claimed to be suffering from insomnia, dizziness, depression, and "a disconnection from reality" at the time of the poisonings.
We Asked an Aviation Psychiatry Expert Why Pilots Might Have Psychotic Breaks
Why would someone like copilot Andreas Lubitz crash a plane deliberately when he seemed so healthy and happy?
This Filmmaker Interviewed a Bunch of People Who Are Convinced They're Jesus Christ
In the documentary "Looking for Jesus (2012—....)," artist Katarzyna Kozyra speaks with men exhibiting symptoms of Jerusalem Syndrome.
What Life Is Like When You're Perfectly Alive, But Swear You're Dead
One morning, Esmé Weijun Wang woke up dead.