Medical benefits versus the risks of non-prescribed use Cami Davila (she/her) // Crew Writer Sofia Filsoofi (she/her) // Illustrator In British Columbia, ADHD diagnoses saw a significant increase…
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The Discourse of Self-Diagnoses
Self-diagnoses can be problematic, but unfortunately, for some, it’s the most accessible option Hassan Merali // ContributorLogan David // Illustrator “I’m kind of OCD about keeping my room clean.” The…
Living with Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Will I ever overcome the agony of criticism? Rain Marie // Community Relations Manager It is 8:00 am and I am sitting in the corner of my stuffy Grade 12…
Mind Your Manners
From table manners to the world of business, etiquette is the social architecture behind how we interact with the world, and ourselves Sarah Rose // Features Editor From the moment…
ADDitude Adjustment: Crass, my bedroom and the colour pink
Sarah Rose // Features Editor When I was in kindergarten my favourite colour was pink. As a four-year-old, I was still fairly removed from ideas about gender roles, like the paradoxical history of…
ADDitude Adjustment: The war on drugs
Sarah Rose // Features Editor The unopened prescription bottle sat on my desk for weeks before I finally peered inside to the ocean of blue pills. Sometimes I’d swirl them…
ADDitude Adjustment: The Idiogenic Nature of Love
Sarah Rose // Features Editor The crusade against the feminine in psychiatry began with the father of psychoanalysis himself. In Studies on Hysteria, Sigmund Freud first introduced the notion that hysteria was idiogenic:…
ADDitude Adjustment: The Language of ADHD
Sarah Rose // Features Editor “Language,” William S Burroughs reminds us, “is a virus from outer space.” I first heard the word maladaptive during my first inpatient psychiatric stay when…