Author Archives: Natasha Kolida

Disregarding the annoying background music (you can’t unhear that now), this pop culture event brings up two really good questions: 1) What effect does using the term “bipolar” as an adjective have? and 2) Can the popularity of this usage … Continue reading →

When I was growing up, we always learned in school that Canada prides itself on being culturally diverse. We learned that Canada, as a single entity, was comprised of all sorts of different people from all sorts of different cultures. … Continue reading →

An article in the Huffington Post titled “Why Mental Illness Goes Much Farther Than Research Tells Us” critiques the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey on Mental Health, specifically stating its exclusionary sample is creating a rather convenient picture of mental … Continue reading →

TED Talk: “Eleanor Longden: The Voices in My Head” This insightful TED Talk shares one experience from the spectrum that is schizophrenia. Eleanor Longden discusses her encounter with voices, her years of treatment, and her road to recovery. Her conclusion? … Continue reading →

Most of us have been ingrained with the idea that there’s a standard of sleep that we all have to live up to (or sleep up to), somewhere between seven and eight hours per night usually being the recommendation. Sleep, … Continue reading →