It’s no secret that mental health care in North America used to be something very close to torture for those who found themselves in the system. Luckily, governments realized this in the 1980s and ’90s and began to implement reforms and shutter abusive facilities. As a result, many former psychiatric […]
Before the arrival of social media, people in crisis turned to 911, or people they personally knew. Today, we can reach out to strangers. But what happens when the strangers become 911, and 911 doesnt reflect the socially networked world? This boy was age 17, unabashedly unraveling on Facebook for […]
Im a Harry Potter fanatic. I have been ever since I picked up the very first book over a decade ago, when I was in fifth grade, and I especially love Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Im also in recovery from major depressive disorder and attempted suicide. For […]