Subject:

Mental Health

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Bay of Pig's Feet

    Since America began closing mental institutions in 1955, the streets have been deluged with mentally unbalanced individuals unable to care for themselves. (Blame JFK for that guy you see on your way to work every morning, who sits at the curb mumbling about spacemen and radioactive jelly beans.)As I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Manning to Miami Rumors: No One Knows What the Hell They're Talking About, But It's Not Looking Good

    ​How big of a mess is the Manning mania rumor mill? Well, depending on who you ask, the Miami Dolphins are either still very much in the running to land Peyton Manning's services or completely out. Let's run down the rumors. Updated!

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    "Prayer" in School Bill Heads to Rick Scott's Desk

    ​A bill that is meant to allow student-led prayers in school, a proposed law that could potentially lead to costly legal battles, is heading to Governor Rick Scott's desk after being passed by the Florida legislature today. Though, the bill itself doesn't mention the word "prayer," and instea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Connie Mack's Campaign Manager Sends Crazy Letter to George LeMieux Over Charlie Sheen Joke

    Yesterday George LeMieux made a mildly amusing (by GOP standards anyway) sort-of-zinger comparing his Republican Senate Primary opponent Connie Mack to Charlie Sheen. Well, now Mack's campaign manager Jeff Cohen has responded with this smarmy, hyperbolic, over-the-top letter addressed to LeMieux. Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Ricky Williams Announces Retirement, Probably for Real This Time

    ​Ricky Williams, the enigmatic running back who spent the majority of his 11-year NFL career with the Miami Dolphins, is officially retiring from football. No, really, for real this time. After ditching the Dolphins last year, Williams signed a two-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens but has d ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 26, 2012

    Next to Normal at Actors' Playhouse through February 12

    ​Ricky Williams, the enigmatic running back who spent the majority of his 11-year NFL career with the Miami Dolphins, is officially retiring from football. No, really, for real this time. After ditching the Dolphins last year, Williams signed a two-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens but has d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Bomb Threat Hoax Shuts Down Kendall Gym; Suspect Claims Police Torture

    ​German Guanchez, 57, stood before a judge yesterday with two black eyes and a "Save the Pumpkins" T-Shirt. Guanchez was in court after allegedly making a fake bomb threat that shut down a Kendall gym. Police can't quite put together a motive, and it does not appear that Guanchez is some sort ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Miami-Area Congressional District is the Most Suffering in America

    via Firehouse2District 17's Liberty City​Gallup-Healthway's annual "Well Being Index" takes a wide-ranging reading of physical, emotional, and mental health of political districts on the state, metropolitan and congressional levels. The just-published statistics for 2010 don't give such a healthy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Hialeah Middle Schoolers Hospitalized After Apparent Recreational Use of Bi-Polar Drug

    ​Kids try to get high off the darndest things. Four middle schoolers in Hialeah have been hospitalized after overdosing on drugs meant to treat bi-polar disorder. While the students are believed to have taken the drugs off-campus, they complained that they were feeling sick while at school. 

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Woman Claims Mental Health Counselor Forced Her to Have Sex or Lose Custody of Her Son

    The South Florida institution was hit with a sexual abuse lawsuit today.​A Broward County woman is suing Henderson Mental Health Center, claiming her counselor forced her to have sex with him or else she would lose custody of her son.According to the lawsuit, a judge initially allowed the woman to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Miamians are Getting Fatter, According to Gallup Info

    ​Gallup released its annual findings on metro areas' well-being last week, and the Miami-area didn't place all that high or low. Though, perhaps the biggest difference from last year's findings when it comes to Miamians is that we're getting a little more chubby. Gallup claims 23 percent of Miamia ... More >>

  • News

    January 20, 2011

    America's top exorcist-for-hire comes to Miami

    ​Gallup released its annual findings on metro areas' well-being last week, and the Miami-area didn't place all that high or low. Though, perhaps the biggest difference from last year's findings when it comes to Miamians is that we're getting a little more chubby. Gallup claims 23 percent of Miamia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Foods to Fight Stress

    Web MD​Vacations have come to an end. The kids are back to school. The lazy, hazy days of summer are over. You're ready for mother's little helper. But don't succumb to temptation. Nor should you gobble down nutrition-less bowls of rubbery mac and cheese or your fave guilty pleasure from the drive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Miami's Mentally Disabled Immigrants Abused by Court System, Report Says

    Inside the Krome Detention Center, mentally disabled inmates often go to court with no lawyers.​When Allison Kent met her new client at the Krome Detention Center -- a Haitian man she now calls Mike C. -- he had already been found incompetent in a criminal trial, and for good reason: Mike C. had a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Protoman Gets "86'd" Artistically on New EP, Which Is Out Today

    ​ On the cover of his 86'd EP, conscious South Florida's rapper Protoman sends a mixed message with several examples of vice giving us bedroom eyes from that big, red no-no circle. Come sit over here, Crown Royal.With Los Angeles producer Sebino providing the beat firepower, the EP digs into every ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Food News Roundup: Junk Food, Burger King, Passover, and Dream Water

    "Scientists in Florida say overeaters are addicted to junk food in the same way drug addicts are addicted to cocaine and heroin." [AllHeadlineNews]"Project Downtown, an organization that started about two years ago in Miami and now has branches other U.S. cities," continues feeding the homeless. [VO ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    More Gerald Posner Plagiarism in Miami Babylon, From New Times, PBS, and Many Others

    Back on March 16, Riptide broke the news that South Beach-based author Gerald Posner's latest book, Miami Babylon, had stolen eight passages from Frank Owen's 2003 work Clubland. photo by Bill Cooke New Times and a doctoral student have found more than a dozen new instances of plagi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 17, 2009

    It's Just Politics

    Back on March 16, Riptide broke the news that South Beach-based author Gerald Posner's latest book, Miami Babylon, had stolen eight passages from Frank Owen's 2003 work Clubland. photo by Bill Cooke New Times and a doctoral student have found more than a dozen new instances of plagi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Murder Junkies at Churchill's Pub Tonight

    Before dying of a heroin overdose in 1993 (see video above), GG Allin's final tour was supported by The Murder Junkies. The Murder Junkies were his last and best backing band. They featured his Hitler mustachioed brother Merle on bass, and the legendary Dino Sex on drums.  They will be perfo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Alan Grayson Gets More Delightfully Insane by the Minute

    ​Florida Congressman Alan Grayson continues to be a hot liberal mess and not apologize for it.The Orlando-area Democrat, who came to national attention for suggesting that Republicans want everyone to "die quickly," recently sent this Photoshop job to supporters while asking for money, natch. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Woman Who Set Herself on Fire Isn't Exactly the Sanest Person

    ​Regarding the woman who set herself on fire yesterday at the Mall of the Americas, this isn't exactly surprising: The woman's husband said she had been to Jackson Memorial Hospital three times recently for psychiatric help and has a history of mental problems, according to Miami Herald news ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Pick Your Poison At Finnegan's River

    Finnegan's River, located on the Miami River, is promoting its' new Detox Sundays deal. This means that from 11am to 7pm you can get five Presidente beers for $15, or $25 pitchers of margaritas or mojitos. We don't take issue with the offer, which sounds reasonable enough -- but "detox" denotes the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Defense Attorney: Catholic Parishioner-Turned-Scam Artist Had Drug Problem

    The Westchester Parishioner busted for a tax fraud scheme struggled with drug abuse, his lawyer Luis Fernandez tells Riptide. Pablo Gehr, 32, of St. Brendan's Catholic Church, conned over $200,000 from low-income and elderly individuals and members of his church. A judge sentenced him to three years ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Scott Storch Is Back And He's Done Fuckin' With That Lindsay Lohan

    Original keyboard player for The Roots, former Davie school kid, and still-a-super-producer Scott Storch is back in the studio. He got caught up in the bullshit Hollywood rock star lifestyle, blew through millions of dollars and hit rock bottom before he woke up in rehab. Give thanks, Storch is a g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    UM Cancels Drunk Bus

    I'm not going to say all University of Miami students are bratty, entitled douche bags with serious alcohol problems and little respect for anyone but themselves. I mean, I went there after all (well, I don't have an alcohol problem), but there's no denying a certain portion of them are. Sadly, that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    Ros-Lehtinen's Constituents Happy and Healthy, Meek's Not So Much

    Gallup, Healthways, and America's Health Insurance Plans have teamed up to create a state by state, and congressional district by district well-being index. The index is based on the World Health Organization's definition of health as "not only the absence of infirmity and disease, but also a state ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2009

    Healthful Food Tastes So Good

    Meet Dr. Etti. She’s here to clean this place up a bit.

  • Home Entertainment

    October 16, 2008

    You Down with OCD? Yeah, You Know Me

    Videogames linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior.

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2007

    The Party Crasher – Kimora Lee Simmons Mingles At Macy’s

    Videogames linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior.

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2007

    Keep Banning Those Bags

    Videogames linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior.

  • Music

    August 23, 2007

    Not-So-Dear Diaries

    Nikki Sixx’s new memoir is a tale of blow, hookers, and all things Mötley Crüe

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2007

    This Sunday: J-Rocc @ Chocolate Sundays, Purdy Lounge

    Nikki Sixx’s new memoir is a tale of blow, hookers, and all things Mötley Crüe

  • News

    April 12, 2007

    Code Red

    For those left behind after the brutal murder of fourteen-year-old Jaime Gough, the emotional lockdown lingers

  • Culture

    January 11, 2007

    Thin Tizzy

    Daniela Edburg's photographs skewer skinny

  • Calendar

    December 28, 2006

    Big Girls Don’t Cry

    They perform cabaret and get even

  • Music

    May 25, 2006

    Shapes and Sizes

    "Weekends at a Time" (Asthmatic Kitty)

  • Music

    March 30, 2006

    Ray Davies

    Other People's Lives (V2)

  • Music

    March 23, 2006

    Tom Verlaine

    "Documentary" (Drag City)

  • Music

    March 16, 2006

    Frankie Knuckles

    Set list

  • Music

    June 10, 2004

    Setlist

    Set list

  • News

    December 12, 2002

    Officer Trouble

    Golden Beach's problem cop struggles to make a career

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    From the issue of October 26, 2000

  • City Life

    May 11, 2000

    Best Sanctuary From The Fast Track

    Simpson Park Hammock

  • Culture

    July 1, 1999

    This Analysis Is a Quackup

    Simpson Park Hammock

  • News

    January 28, 1999

    Agent of Deception

    Jerry Sullivan's descent into gambling, alcoholism, and crime began and ended with the FBI.

  • Culture

    August 13, 1998

    Psycho Analysis

    Jerry Sullivan's descent into gambling, alcoholism, and crime began and ended with the FBI.

  • News

    July 10, 1997

    Dope Detective

    If it gets you high, chances are that James Hall knows more about it than anyone anywhere

  • Music

    June 26, 1996

    Spunky Junkies

    If it gets you high, chances are that James Hall knows more about it than anyone anywhere

  • News

    February 23, 1995

    Still Homeless After All These Years

    The Pottinger case returned to Judge Atkins's courtroom, and both sides came out firing

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