The Promising World of Precision Treatment for Depression
If you’ve ever tried to treat major depressive disorder, you know that it can be absolutely exhausting. That’s because for a long time the approach has been one of trial and error, taking a certain me...
21 Okt 202443min
Bishop Briggs on Loss, Despair, and Finding Hope
Singer/songwriter Bishop Briggs lost her sister, her best friend, her roommate, and her manager all on one day in January 2021. They were all the same person. After Kate’s death, swiftly following her...
14 Okt 202444min
Dr. Jessi Gold and the Precarious Mental Health of the Medical Profession
How Do You Feel? is the title of Dr. Jessi Gold’s new memoir about her life as a psychiatrist dealing with her own mental health and the health of other medical providers during the first wave of the ...
7 Okt 202447min
Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart on Charting a Healing Path from Trauma
Xiu Xiu, the highly experimental avant-garde rock band from California has just released their 14th album, 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips. It refers to a type of switchblade...
30 Sep 202444min
Zac Carper of FIDLAR on Bipolar, Drugs, Meds, and Intense Journaling
Zac Carper, lead singer and guitarist for the garage punk bad FIDLAR, is very familiar with one kind of drugs: the street substances of meth, heroin, and crack that he engaged in heavily when he was y...
23 Sep 202443min
For Mental Health, Covid F***ed Our S*** Up and We’re Just Starting To Figure Out How
Yes, we don’t have to wear masks in the grocery store and yes, vaccines have been very effective in reducing the spread and severity of covid-19. But the mental health ramifications of the whole pande...
16 Sep 202440min
Election Stress Disorder and What To Do About it with Theresa Nguyen
The U.S. election is weeks away and a lot of people are kind of a mess right now. It can feel like the whole world is on the line and you have no real power over what happens. This can result in elect...
9 Sep 202442min
Moon Unit Zappa on Family Trauma, Neglect, and Building a Self
For much of the world, Moon Unit Zappa is famous for two things: the unusual name given her by her father, iconic musician Frank Zappa, and the 1982 song “Valley Girl” where she appeared with Frank wh...
2 Sep 202451min
