When deciding a topic for this year’s Mosiac my peers and I wanted to write about something relevant to our...
Meditation Over Medicine
When it comes to tackling mental illness and other disorders, the marketplace seems to be saying that conventional is not...
Stress Test
Most parents feel the safest when their child is at home sleeping. But that’s not necessarily the case when the...
The Journalist Dilemma
Armando Sanchez while calmly sipping coffee in a cozy café can describe the smell of burned flesh in the air...
Artist Speaks
From an early age, Loyola professor Matt Bodett knew he would be an artist, even skipping high school classes just...
The Deepest Cuts
Both federal and state funding for mental health has declined since the 1980s. And with the recent financial and budget...
All connected
Of the more than 80,000 people homeless on the streets of Chicago, most are either mentally ill, people of color...
People Always Need Help
As a practicing psychologist, there are two things about Dr. Patti Kimbel that might surprise you. First, she’s been in...
Burn Out
Lawyers snorting cocaine, family murder-suicide by a police officer, physician found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and paramedics drunk...
Title IX
Survivors of sexual violence are at an increased risk for developing severe mental health problems, and although awareness has risen...
In the Spectrum
Imagine if wearing makeup put your life in danger. Or what if using a public bathroom, or the simple act...
Head Game
There is no “best” way to cope with any of the numerous mental health disorders, so finding a method that...
Step. Right. Up!
This circus is always in town, and in its bag of tricks is empowerment for Chicago’s youth. Tucked discreetly in the Uptown neighborhood, the CircEsteem staff performs daily operations...
