Mental Health

Chris Kyle's Widow Tells Glenn Beck She Doesn't Believe Her Husband's Alleged Killer Suffered From PTSD

Right now, Eddie Ray Routh is sitting in jail in Erath County, where he has been since February, when he was accused of shooting and killing former sniper Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield at a Glen Rose gun range. A recent New Yorker profile of Kyle outlined Routh's long history of mental ... More >>

CutForBieber Was a 4chan Prank, but in 2013 Pranks and Trends are Basically the Same Thing

Pranks are never more effective than when a prankster finds the precise border between reality and absurdity and just barely steps over it. This week's #CutForBieber trending topic--in which Justin Bieber fans were supposed to be cutting themselves in an attempt to force their ur-boyfriend off marij ... More >>

Betty Ford Clinic to Open Temporary Dallas Center. For 7-Year-Olds.

If former first lady Betty Ford didn't make it cool to go to rehab, she certainly helped erase some of the stigma associated with admitting to drug and alcohol abuse. She struggled publicly with alcoholism and painkiller addiction and, as a result, established the Betty Ford Center in California. T ... More >>

Pot Addiction Study Tracks the Brains of People Who Really Enjoy Weed, Maybe Too Much

If you're high right now, you may want to tune in. Try not to giggle. A University Texas at Dallas professor was awarded nearly $2 million dollars to study marijuana addiction for the next five years. We're talking pot, the addiction suffered in silence -- or in inappropriate laughter at anything th ... More >>

Preview: Darrin Kobetich at Doc’s Records & Vintage

Combat veterans fall prey to gambling addictions at an alarming rate — where's the military when the chips are down?

As Dallas Boarding Homes Struggle, City Hall Sits on its Hands

Texas lawmakers gave cities the power to regulate homes for the mentally ill -- but so far, Dallas hasn't used it.

Competence on Trial: The Strange Odyssey of Serial Dallas Lawsuit Filer Lester Ruston

Every decent-sized courthouse in the country has its own serial pain in the ass, the guy who thinks nothing of suing the kids who threw a ball over his fence or the cat who pooped in his yard. But there's a special subset of filing addicts: the inmates who while away their time in the pokey filing k ... More >>

Calling All Saints

A hallucinogen called ibogaine has helped addicts kick heroin, meth and everything in between. Is it the trip that does the trick?

Running on "bubble gum and duct tape," a new court aims to keep damaged vets out of jail.

Can an over-analytical control freak find inner peace— or at least get up in the morning—with help from an Indian life coach?

Soldier Suicides

Two Texas brothers fall in the war on terror—one in combat, one by his own hand

Fighting Fire With Fire

Does an unproven treatment that combats drug addiction with drugs promise more than it can deliver?

Boogdish

Power Play

The DCT brings important fare to the table

Eleven More Women Join Suit Against Presbyterian's Eating Disorder Program

Doll Parts

Bourbon takes on celebrity culture

Cleaning Up the Truck Stops, One Abused Woman At a Time

Play Time at Dallas Children's Theater

Education and art mix for DCT's growing audience

Chantix, Psychotic?

Go Away

Rainy days and Coldplay always get us down

Law Briefs

Decorations of Disorder

PDNB's premier installation is Joy and pain

Fudge Factor

People Magazine Finds a "Hero Among Us"

The Forbes 35 (Drunkest)

Now Where Did I Put My Happy Pills?

The Mind's Eye

The Worst Mothers Ever

Toke This

The Great Caped One

The Disappeared

Got a missing relative? Maybe you should look in the jail--and good luck with that.

Cell Disease

Being sick in Dallas County's troubled jail can be a death sentence

An Irritating Woman

Susan Diamond learned that it doesn't pay to annoy your kids' psychiatrists, even if you're a doctor

Psycho Mom

Lisa Diaz had to save her "precious babies" from an evil world. She drowned them.

Cowboy Junkies

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Resistance is Futile

Despite new state and federal regulations, mentally ill Texans are still dying while being restrained by the very people they turn to for help

Out of Mind, Out of Sight

For a growing number of Texas kids with mental illnesses, the only place to get help is behind bars.

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Rose Ernst

A Jolt to the System

This small electrical device may be the last hope for the chronically depressed

Quick Fix

After years of financial neglect, the state is hoping a shot of privatization will cure Dallas County's addicted and mentally ill population

Cult of Madness

Seeking help for depression, Martha Hurt turned to therapists. That's when her insanity truly began.

Cruel and Unusual

Mentally ill Texans used to go to hospitals. Now, increasing numbers of them go to prison instead.

Disturbing personality

An unsolved string of cat mutilations in North Dallas leaves police and residents wondering who could do such a thing

Bad trip

As anguished Plano watched heroin pick off its children one by one, a cry went up for police to do anything to stop the deadly plague. Months later, some parents say they went too far.

The Fugitive

Child psychiatrist Robert Gross claims malicious federal prosecutors unfairly charged him with fraud and forced him to flee to England. Is it the doctor or the judicial system that is out of touch with reality?

The war over Gulf War Syndrome

Dallas doctors believe they've solved the mystery of sick veterans, but find themselves in "a bloody scientific war" where they are branded charlatans

What makes Sammy run?

Huge and helpless, schizophrenic and hypertensive, Sammy Allen has fallen between the administrative cracks of a local mental health system that can't seem to get its ACT together

Ad nauseam

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