The One Thing That Won’t Actually End Gun Violence
After the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Republicans once again called for "mental health reform" in order to prevent future shootings. But statistics tell a different story.
Mental Illness
My Mother Has Always Wanted to Die. Do I Let Her?
After a lifetime of living with her mother’s mental illness, our writer reckons with the love of a parent who longs to say good-bye.
Are We United in a State of Depression?
Misery has found a lot of company since November 9. Which this chronically depressed writer finds oddly empowering, as she strategizes how to live in this dystopic new world.
Dear Julie: “I Think My Friend Needs Meds and It’s Scaring Me”
DAME’s Friendkeeper advises on armchair diagnosing, and helps a woman find her voice with a lifelong bossypants.
How Will I Survive August Without My Shrink?
Many mental-health professionals take up to a month-long vacation in late summer. Which fills clients—like this grief-stricken writer—with existential dread.
Will My Chronic Depression Rob My Baby of His Joy?
Happiness has always eluded this writer, but her son is all smiles. Now she’s doing her best to make sure he stays that way.
What Would Make a Mother Poison Her Child To Death?
Lacey Spears lost her five-year-old in January, after battling a series of strange illnesses since he was an infant. But as it turns out, he wasn’t the one who was sick.
Dear Julie: Advice About Mental Illness and Too Frugal Friends
DAME’s Friendkeeper helps a woman cope with her friend’s untreated mental illness and handles a wonderful cheapskate with aplomb.