The youths see their writing come to life in the theater as part of Project Untangled, a program that helps them with their trauma It was Sunday night, Aug. 11, at the Oregon Children’s Theater in Northeast Portland, and there was a group of adult actors ...
23 Aug 2019 - Casey Miller
The ‘Lady Dynamite’ star doesn’t hesitate to talk about her mental health, her ‘structures of intimacy’ and how much she makes Comedian Maria Bamford has a singular talent for finding the absurd joy in moments that make most of us bubble in shame. At one ...
10 May 2019 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
The Portland band's members draw on their own lived experiences when talking about their concert series to support Keep Oregon Well Portugal. The Man has lent its name to a lot of causes: raising more than $1 million for school musical instruments, s ...
31 Aug 2018 - Joanne Zuhl
Depression isn't rooted in biology but in how we're living our lives, author Johann Hari explains The way we’ve been taught to think about depression and anxiety is all wrong, says Johann Hari. In his new book, the London-based journalist and Ne ...
19 Jan 2018 - Emily Green
BOOK REVIEW | “Unf#ck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-outs, and Triggers” by Faith G. Harper Faith G. Harper is an experienced mental health provider. She is a trauma-informed therapist; a licensed clinician with ce ...
25 Aug 2017 - Meredith Mathis
The renowned scholar and author is coming to Portland to talk about her own experience with schizophrenia One day, when she was 16, Elyn Saks abruptly got up from her desk, walked out of her classroom and left school. She headed home, but she could not ex ...
9 Jun 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
Chazzi Davis, an Oklahoma street paper vendor, says his art is therapeutic Chazzi Davis lives with bipolar disorder. Twenty years ago, he lost everything due to his mental health issues. He can never have his old life back but has found that taking abstra ...
20 Apr 2017 - Ranya Forgotson