Steven Ladurantaye

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Steven Ladurantaye

Do you punish someone for a (potentially) violent suicide attempt?

What do you do with someone who initiates a suicidal standoff with police, once the illegal shotgun is taken out of his mouth and he’s…

Jul 16, 2021

Do you punish someone for a (potentially) violent suicide attempt?

Jul 16, 2021

Steven Ladurantaye

Steve Ladurantaye: When surviving suicide is a kick in the (galvanized) nuts

Years ago, I was driving down the busiest highway in Canada when a transport truck started wobbling on the other side of the road. We…

Jul 15, 2021

Steven Ladurantaye

Steve Ladurantaye: Nobody believes in your depression, (probably) not even you

Depression is so unbelievable that people who suffer from it don’t believe in it, not really. It’s always something else.

Jul 10, 2021

Steve Ladurantaye: Nobody believes in your depression, (probably) not even you

Jul 10, 2021

Steven Ladurantaye

Should we leave Britney, or anyone mentally ill, alone to make their terrible decisions?

Britney Spears has been in my head all week. Not so much the songs, not so much the imagery. It’s been the sideshow around her…

Jun 29, 2021

Should we leave Britney, or anyone mentally ill, alone to make their terrible decisions?

Jun 29, 2021

Steven Ladurantaye

Is online therapy worth your time?

A growing offering of services promise relief through cognitive behavioural therapy from the comfort of your own couch. Do they have…

Apr 16, 2021

Apr 16, 2021

Steven Ladurantaye

The biology of trauma (and why it sucks so hard)

Trauma hasn’t been destigmatized along with some other mental conditions that have gained widespread acceptance in the last decade. Many…

Apr 16, 2021

The biology of trauma (and why it sucks so hard)

Apr 16, 2021

Steven Ladurantaye

How a blood test can tell if you’re depressed, bipolar, or just a miserable human being

Finding out if something is wrong with your brain is a laughably primitive process. There are questionnaires instead of blood tests…

Apr 12, 2021

How a blood test can tell if you’re depressed, bipolar, or just a miserable human being

Apr 12, 2021

Steven Ladurantaye

The looming battle over free online therapy (and why you should sign up anyway)

You may not know it, but there’s a battle for your brain playing out in boardrooms, legislatures, and parliaments around the world that…

Apr 9, 2021

Apr 9, 2021

Steven Ladurantaye

You don’t need to be crazy to have tattoos (but it helps)

There was an awkward moment at my last job when an executive took a look down at my forearm and noticed a new tattoo. I had a couple when…

Apr 7, 2021

You don’t need to be crazy to have tattoos (but it helps)

Apr 7, 2021

Steven Ladurantaye

The messy, sloppy, awkward dilemma of declaring a mental health pandemic

I’ve been feeling a bit like the guy whose favourite band finally hits it big. Happy because it’s objectively good for everyone involved…

Apr 3, 2021

The messy, sloppy, awkward dilemma of declaring a mental health pandemic

Apr 3, 2021