The f bomb

Contributors share interviews, essays, and writings about mental health and its impact on artists' work, cultural perceptions of mental breakdowns, mistrust of hospitals and pharmaceuticals, and a list of self-care methods. Stephanie Rogers, a certified grief counselor and thanatologist, begins a new column about grief and writes about medicating grief in this issue. There are reader responses to questions, asking for personal mantras, uplifting music, and things to avoid when trying to feel better. Jolie Nunez-Noggle made the back cover of this issue.