The Compassion of Nellie Bly

Bly’s 1887 masterpiece Ten Days in a Mad-House reminds us that the ultimate test for public safety programs for the mentally ill is their impact on the most vulnerable.

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Nussbaum’s Politics of Wonder

Wonder is the mind's excitement and proceeds by getting lost. And that is what democracy calls on us to do together.

Children’s Mental Health, Institutional Gaslighting, and Mother-Blame

There is a class action lawsuit against Iowa over failure to provide legally-required and medically necessary mental health services for Medicaid-eligible children. As a mother of an adult son with severe childhood-onset mental illness, I have mixed emotions. I am angry that it took so long and is too late for my son, relieved there […]