Should Terrorists Be Considered Mentally Ill?

OZY’s electrifying prime-time TV show, Third Rail With OZY, is continuing to serve up provocative questions each week, and we want you to weigh in with your thoughts. This week: Should terrorists be considered mentally ill?Email thirdrail@ozy.com with your thoughts, and we might feature your answer next week. Missed the debates from last season? Catch […]

5 things mentally strong people don’t do

Adam Berry/Getty Images Yes, it is possible to train your brain for success and satisfaction, in the workplace and in other aspects of your life. If you feel like you’re constantly self-sabotaging yourself from achieving your goals, here are five key tips from “13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do” to help you develop mental […]

How esports competitors prepare, mentally and physically

GUEST: Think “high-performance athlete” and a fairly typical ideal probably springs to mind. The classic media representation of an elite athlete embodies physical prowess built on a foundation of continual conditioning and fitness. While it puts some emphasis on the mental aspects of athleticism, its main focus is all about the body. Compare that to […]

North Korea: Trump is ‘a mentally deranged person’ whose insults make the possibility of a nuclear strike on the US ‘inevitable’

Thomson Reuters North Korea’s foreign minister responded forcefully on Saturday to President Donald Trump’s fiery comments before the United Nations General Assembly earlier this week.  Ri Yong Ho, North Korea’s foreign minister, said on Saturday that Trump’s insults made “our rocket’s visit to the entire US mainland inevitable all the more,” according to The Associated Press.  He […]

Kim Jong-un calls Trump ‘mentally deranged US dotard’ in response to UN speech

Published time: 22 Sep, 2017 02:48 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un responded to Trump’s fiery speech at the UN with one of his own, threatening to “tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire.” But it was his use of the word “dotard” that caught America’s attention. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump addressed the United […]

Hamburg knife murderer known as ‘Islamist, mentally unstable’

Published time: 29 Jul, 2017 11:46 Hamburg State Interior Minister Andy Grote said that the knife attacker who fatally stabbed one person and wounded several others in Germany’s largest port city on Friday, was actually known to authorities as an Islamist. Grote told a press conference on Saturday that the man, whose asylum claim had […]

2 former Oklahoma police officers face assault charges in death of mentally ill man

A judge has charged two former Omaha police officers in the death of a mentally ill man, whom they shocked with a taser and struck over a dozen times. The police say the judge overstepped and are demanding a grand jury investigation. On Wednesday, Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine charged two officers for an incident […]

Mentally ill inmates in solitary confinement too long – watchdog

Inmates with mental health issues are kept in solitary confinement longer than their peers in federal prisons, according to a new study that finds the mentally ill spend years holed up without any human contact or treatment for their disorders. Although the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) claims it does not keep inmates in solitary […]

‘Not mentally equipped to continue watching our show’: ‘Morning Joe’ co-hosts respond to Trump’s attack on Mika Brzezinski

MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough have responded to President Donald Trump’s tweets attacking the pair Thursday morning. In a Washington Post column published early Friday titled “Donald Trump is not well,” Brzezinski and Scarborough wrote “we are both certain” that Trump “is not mentally equipped to continue watching our show.” In […]