“We’ve taught people to weaponize vulnerability”
Schizophrenia
Self-evident truths
PODCAST: John Aidan Byrne interviews Jarvis Rockwell on his father Norman’s legacy as a painter, illustrator and cartoonist. Author Stephen Haggerty, who writes under the name, ST Haggerty, has spent his summers in Arlington, Vermont since he was a toddler so, not surprisingly, the history and folklore of the rural Vermont hamlet is steeped in […]
PODCAST: John Aidan Byrne interviews Author MARK HENICK, a TEDx talk sensation, on stranger who saved his life from a teenage suicide attempt; his mental illness growing up, his remarkable recovery and distinguished mental health career By age 15, depression and anxiety had taken their toll on Mark Henick. Clinging to an outside girder […]
“They rammed him with the car. He flew about three metres in the air. It’s just horrendous.”
After its parliament approved five bills this week, Portugal will probably become the next country to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide. The next step is for a committee to consolidate the five proposals into one bill. However, right to die is not yet done and dusted. President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, a conservative, could veto […]
The Canadian province of Quebec will expand the eligibility criteria for euthanasia to include people with severe and incurable mental illness, says Health Minister Danielle McCann. The guidelines will be drafted by the Quebec college of physicians. Both the minister and the college believe that few people would be affected. “We don’t expect many of these patients […]