Three mental health professionals share insights on anxiety causes and the medical realities of anxiety.
Tag: depression
Kate Spade’s Red Scarf
Even Kate Spade’s farewell had a touch of glamour. What does that haunting red scarf mean for how we understand depression?
Sylvia Plath Is Literature’s Most Famous Madwoman
A poet and novelist, Sylvia Plath’s career was plagued by depression and mania.
Jerilyn Ross’ Journey From Patient to Advocate
After overcoming her anxiety, Jerilyn Ross started the Anxiety and Depression Association of America—and helped millions.
Hot Flashes Are the Least of It: Mary Ruefle’s Essay on Menopause
I recently came across an old cryalog that I kept during the month of April in 1998. “C” stands for the fact I cried, the number of Cs represents the number of times I cried, and “NC” indicates that I did not cry on that day.
Yes, I Am Writing About Motherhood
Melissa Ahart, a Brooklyn-based poet, shares her experiences bringing poems of birth, motherhood, and postpartum depression to the MFA workshop table.