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Reason May 2005 Jacob Sullum |
Thomas Szasz Takes on His Critics In Szasz Under Fire: The Psychiatric Abolitionist Faces His Critics, edited by Jeffrey A. Schaler, Szasz sticks to his guns and scores many points, but his responses are not always completely satisfying. |
Reason July 2000 Jacob Sullum |
Curing the Therapeutic State Thomas Szasz, author of "The Myth of Mental Illness," on the medicalization of American life. |
Reason May 2005 Kohn et al. |
Straight Shooting on Gun Control A debate about gun control from four viewpoints. |
Reason January 2003 Jacob Sullum |
Head Games What are the rules for defining mental illness? |
ifeminists February 16, 2005 Byron Fraser |
Marginalized No Longer! In Broken Brains or Wounded Hearts--What Causes Mental Illness, Ty C. Colbert elucidates his very innovative concept of a forced choice: the emotional pain model does not lay the blame on the individual, but eventually opens the door for him to take charge of his own life and set of choices. |
Reason May 2002 Brian Doherty |
Ill-Treated The continuing history of psychiatric abuses is laid out in Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill, by Robert Whitaker... |
Reason February 2009 Jacob Sullum |
Speak Softly and Carry a Concealed Handgun Would a nicer NRA be more effective? |
Reason July 2007 Brian Doherty |
'You Can't See Why on an fMRI' What science can, and can't, tell us about the insanity defense. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2011 Samuel K. Moore |
Teaching Machines About Madness Software rivals doctors at distinguishing among different kinds of depression and schizophrenia |
Salon.com December 1, 1999 Annie Murphy Paul |
Painting insanity black Why are there more black schizophrenics? |
ifeminists November 16, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Girls, Get Your Guns Organizations dedicated to female gun ownership are spreading from well-established organizations like Second Amendment Sisters and Women and Guns to relatively new ones like Mother's Arms, which urges mothers to protect their children with armed force if necessary. |
Reason December 2008 Brian Doherty |
Four Decades of Defending Self-Defense Since its inception in 1968 the defense of Americans' Second Amendment rights has been a staple of reason. Take a look back at how they have covered this issue through the years. |
American Family Physician October 1, 2006 Kavan et al. |
A Practical Guide to Crisis Management Physicians often are required to assist patients in crisis. An estimated 4% of visits to primary care physicians involve psychiatric or social crises. |
ifeminists July 15, 2003 Todd Andrew Barnett |
The Conviction of Christine Wilhelm The verdict is in: Christine Wilhelm, the mother who confessed to killing her four-year-old son Luke and attempted murder of her five-year-old son Peter in a bathtub in their home, has been found guilty of second degree murder. |
Reason February 2003 |
Letters Gun Control Twists... True Patriots... |
Salon.com May 25, 2000 J.B. Orenstein |
Who will care for the crazy? She was 18 and had been found hanging by a noose. But the moment I saw her insurer, I knew she was one of the lucky ones. |
ifeminists April 15, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
War May Redefine Gun Control Despite the high emotions that surround war --- or perhaps because of them --- people are focusing again on "normal" life. But what is normal has shifted in ways both obvious and subtle. Consider how war has affected just one issue: the debate over gun control. |
ifeminists November 17, 2004 Byron Fraser |
Review: Your Drug May Be Your Problem Excerpts from the book Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications by Peter Breggin and David Cohen delineating the adverse effects of these medications and how to stop taking them. |
Reason November 2000 |
Letters Vouchers for Childcare... Mad About Szasz... Reinforcing the Foundation... |
Reason May 2001 Abigail Kohn |
Their Aim Is True Taking stock of America's real gun culture... |
Reason February 2005 Eric Dzinski |
Humanizing Gun Nuts In Shooters: Myths and Realities of America's Gun Cultures, anthropologist Abigail A. Kohn shoots down stereotypes about gun enthusiasts. |
Salon.com June 7, 2000 Camille Paglia |
The gun letters The Million Moms are "cowardettes who don't know the difference between a Glock and a glockenspiel." |
Reason June 2000 Kenneth Smith |
Loaded Coverage How the news media miss the mark on the gun issue. |
AskMen.com Moti Shapira |
How To: Buy A Gun If you are thinking about buying a gun, there are three main parameters by which to choose the most suitable model. |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 Paul Barrett |
Going Great Guns with Fear Marketing Whatever your views on gun control, there are lessons to be learned from the firearm industry. |
Reason December 2002 |
Letters Potions of Youth... Sins of the Fathers... Technology and Genius... etc. |
Salon.com September 7, 2000 David Bowman |
The reasonable gun nut Denounced by the NRA, a historian talks about the myth of early American gun ownership and his own fascination with firearms. |
Job Journal August 24, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Psychiatrist Psychiatrists tend to the mental well-being of society. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2002 William G. Elder |
When the Side Effect Is Really the Symptom Several studies have supported the importance of physician-patient relationships on medication compliance in patients with schizophrenia. |
ifeminists May 5, 2004 Wendy McElroy |
Gun-Proof Your Children The basic question is whether private gun ownership is a Constitutional and individual right, or a reckless practice that endangers society and children. |