Mental Illness
Meet Trauma Doll: The AI making its own mental health memes
Siri, I think I'm sad — After being prescribed Tramadol for back pain, Sofia Crespo started creating collages under the pseudonym Trauma Doll. Now, the project is being developed into a fully automated AI, trying to deal with the digital version of mental illness.
Written by: Biju Belinky
Mental health practitioners keep mislabelling my mind
Misdiagnosis and me — People are always telling us to speak up about our mental illnesses – so why are mental health professionals dishing out so many wrong diagnoses? Biju Belinky investigates.
Written by: Biju Belinky
Watch Roger Ballen’s disturbing psychological thriller, Theatre of the Mind
Exploring the darkest corners of the psyche — Roger Ballen’s latest project is a chilling short film shot in Nineteenth Century tunnels used to house the insane.
Written by: Alex King
Is this photographer exploiting the mentally ill?
In search of the Outlands — Photographer Roger Ballen shoots vulnerable people on South Africa’s fringes to challenge our ideas of normality and force us to look inside ourselves.
Written by: Alex King