Nobody's Normal

Sex

The Role of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Race in the Subordination of Women

Roy Richard Grinker Ph.D. on March 16, 2021

Where does the idea that women's bodies and minds are governed by their reproductive organs come from?

Where does the idea that women's bodies and minds are governed by their reproductive organs come from?

Coronavirus Disease 2019

When the Body Speaks

Roy Richard Grinker Ph.D. on December 16, 2020

Will people with COVID-19 get the mental health care they need?

Will people with COVID-19 get the mental health care they need?

Sensation-Seeking

The Dignity to Fail

Roy Richard Grinker Ph.D. on November 17, 2020

Most of the positive stories I’ve heard about someone’s struggles with disability involve failure. Nearly every negative story is about being sheltered and protected.

Most of the positive stories I’ve heard about someone’s struggles with disability involve failure. Nearly every negative story is about being sheltered and protected.

Creativity

What Is a Happy Life?

Roy Richard Grinker Ph.D. on October 17, 2020

How do we define a good life and who deserves to have one?

How do we define a good life and who deserves to have one?

Suicide

When VIPs Have a Mental Illness

Roy Richard Grinker Ph.D. on September 22, 2020

Why do clinicians still diagnose celebrities with "exhaustion"?

Why do clinicians still diagnose celebrities with "exhaustion"?

Dementia

The Racist Origins of the Modern Concept of "Schizophrenia"

Roy Richard Grinker Ph.D. on August 18, 2020

It's time to find a new word for schizophrenia, freed from its racist past.

It's time to find a new word for schizophrenia, freed from its racist past.

Fear

'Like a Magic Wand'

Roy Richard Grinker Ph.D. on July 14, 2020

Why we need to end the fear and stigma of electroconvulsive therapy.

Why we need to end the fear and stigma of electroconvulsive therapy.

Autism

In Praise of the Spectrum

Roy Richard Grinker Ph.D. on June 1, 2020

Why are millennials so willing to talk about mental illness?

Why are millennials so willing to talk about mental illness?

Coronavirus Disease 2019

An Illness Like Any Other?

Roy Richard Grinker Ph.D. on May 14, 2020

The shadow pandemic of mental illness caused by the COVID-19 crisis is just one reason to challenge the idea that mental illnesses are caused by a "broken brain."

The shadow pandemic of mental illness caused by the COVID-19 crisis is just one reason to challenge the idea that mental illnesses are caused by a "broken brain."