A psychiatric home health worker is curious about the use of nuthouse to mean “a mental health facility.” This term goes back to the turn of the 20th century. The word nuts itself once had an extremely positive connotation, referring to...
San Diego journalist Kelly Davis reports that an automated transcription error resulted in the phrase serious mental Elvis. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Serious Mental Elvis” Kelly Davis, a fantastic journalist here...
Marlena from Dallas, Texas, was reading a book from the 1930s when she came across the phrase “the grouch and the brainstorm are not for us.” In a 1934 dictionary, brainstorm meant “a violent, transient mental derangement manifested in a maniacal...
Is it time to replace the expression “the mentally ill”? Some argue the term unfairly stigmatizes a broad range of people. Also, the winter sport of… skitching, which involves snowy roads, leather shoes — and car bumpers...
Some people argue that the phrase the mentally ill should be scrapped, because it’s stigmatizing and fails to take neurodiversity into account. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Replacing the Term “Mentally...
post-traumatic embitterment disorder n.— «People who feel they have been wronged by someone and are so bitter they can barely function other than to ruminate about their circumstances. This behavior is so common—and so deeply...