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Mental Illness
As mental health diagnoses become more common and expansive, the labels meant to help us understand our suffering may instead oversimplify it.
An argument for emphasis on subjective experience.
We’ve made god-like figures out of hard-charging CEOs — but it’s a bad idea to get high on your own supply.
Public mass shooters almost always have worldviews shaped by the "3 Rs": rage, resentment, and revenge.
The great philosopher spent the final portion of his painful life in a vegetative state. Did illness get him there, or was it his own philosophy?
A brief look at the six-decade challenge to psychiatry.
The strange case of cultured ultra-thief Stéphane Breitwieser — who claims “art is my drug” — has divided opinion. Is it Stendhal syndrome?
A series of charts shows how prevalent different mental illnesses are across the globe — but how we define them matters.
Memory, responsibility, and mental maturity have long been difficult to describe objectively, but neuroscientists are starting to detect patterns. Coming soon to a courtroom near you?
The hallucinations that characterize schizophrenia may be due to a "reality threshold" that is lower than it should be.
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How America became a fragile nation — and how it can get its resilience back.
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy utilizes a non-ordinary state of consciousness to heal.
Has the "age of psychopharmacology” shrunk society’s sense of responsibility for mental health?
The larger truth on the streets is that no one uses just one drug anymore.
We also don't know how Tylenol works. But it does work.
It’s estimated that one-in-three women and one-in-five men have an episode of major depression by the age of 65.
People who visit Florence seem strangely susceptible to Stendhal syndrome, which is blamed on an overwhelming sense of awe.
Treatments for depression have significantly improved since the 1980s. So why isn't the rate of depression decreasing?
The gospels imply that Jesus became famous as much for his exorcisms as his ministry.
Ever felt sad during the holidays but weren't sure why? Chances are you were suffering from a case of Christmas Blues.