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May 16, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Freeing Britney Spears
The pop star has spent more than a decade in legal bondage. How did this happen?
February 23, 2018
Jo Livingstone
A Book About a Book About Schizophrenia
Sandra Allen’s “A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise,” which incorporates a memoir of mental illness, is a breakthrough in meta-biographical writing.
February 16, 2018
Sarah Jones
The Mental Health Scapegoat
The GOP's hand-wringing over "deranged" individuals distracts from America's real pathology: guns.
February 17, 2017
Steven Beutler
A Medical Theory for Donald Trump’s Bizarre Behavior
Many mental health professionals believe the president is ill. But what if the cause is an untreated STD?
May 4, 2016
Bill Gardner
How to Improve Mental Health in America: Raise the Minimum Wage
December 11, 2015
Heather Vogell, ProPublica
What Happened to Adam
Unbeknownst to his family, an autistic young man for years was repeatedly shackled at a for-profit home for the disabled.
December 10, 2015
Heather Vogell, ProPublica
Profit and Abuse at Homes for the Profoundly Disabled
For years, a company called AdvoServ has taken advantage of a flawed system to line its pockets and act with impunity.
September 23, 2015
Priya-Alika Elias
The Silence About Mental Health in South Asian Culture Is Dangerous
July 27, 2015
Alma Carten
How Slavery’s Legacy Affects the Mental Health of Black Americans
May 18, 2015
Stephen Lurie
You Can’t Reform the Criminal Justice System by Cutting Costs
March 30, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Germanwings Mass Murder–Suicide Shows the Importance of Depression Intervention
October 25, 2014
Melissa Dahl
Could You Handle the Psychological Toll of an Ebola Quarantine?
September 22, 2014
Molly Mirhashem
Stressed Out? Your Smartphone Could Know Even Before You Do
August 15, 2014
Lisa Appignanesi
Can Science Offer New Answers to Mental Illness?
August 12, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Robin Williams' Death Is a Wakeup Call for Mental Illness
August 1, 2014
Martha Stout
Is Modern Culture Making Us Crazier?
The science behind America's deepening disturbance
June 4, 2014
Kelsey Osgood
Why We Don’t Like Stories in Which the Mentally Ill Heroine Recovers
The surprisingly stable afterlife of the author of 'I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'
May 30, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
Were the Isla Vista Killings Preventable? A GOP Congressman Thinks So, and He's Got Bipartisan Support.
May 26, 2014
Sarah Marshall
Adjuncts Aren't Just Teaching College Kids, They're Trying to Keep Them Together
The unique privilege of being young, white, female, and relateable
May 7, 2014
Rebecca Leber
Climate Change is Already Causing Asthma. Cancer Too.
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