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Mental Health

  1. health
    What Happened to Maya KowalskiWhen a 10-year-old girl complained of mysterious pain, a doctor suspected child abuse. How far would she go to prove it?
    By Dyan Neary
  2. social studies
    How Trauma Became America’s Favorite DiagnosisPsychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk’s once controversial theory of trauma became the dominant way we make sense of our lives.
    By Danielle Carr
  3. just asking questions
    The Grim New Consensus on Social Media and Teen DepressionPsychologist Jean Twenge discusses all the evidence that Instagram and TikTok are making kids miserable.
    By Benjamin Hart
  4. mental health
    4 Explanations for the Teen Mental-Health CrisisThe possible culprits include social media’s pernicious influence on adolescence, rising academic pressure, and helicopter parenting.
    By Eric Levitz
  5. episodes
    Kanye West Can Be Bipolar and Accountable for His AntisemitismThe case for holding someone accountable for harmful actions does not rest on whether they had full agency over their behavior.
    By Eric Levitz
  6. science of us
    Why Are Kids So Sad?As American youths suffer from a mental-health crisis, the media asks the wrong questions.
    By Malcolm Harris
  7. tomorrow
    Weathering the WeatherMental-health professionals are trying to figure out how to talk about the climate.
    By Bridget Read
  8. parenting
    The Children of QuarantineWhat does a year of isolation and anxiety do to a developing brain?
    By Lisa Miller
  9. coronavirus
    CDC Reports COVID-19 Is Eroding Many Americans’ Mental HealthOne in four young adults has contemplated suicide during the pandemic, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    By Matt Stieb
  10. 2020 election
    Kanye West and the Media Are Once Again Playing a Dangerous GameThere needs to be a reckoning about the toxic relationship between Kanye West and the vox populi.
    By Craig Jenkins
  11. vision 2020
    Where Does Marianne Williamson Actually Stand on Vaccines?The candidate’s prescriptions for the structural, spiritual revival of the body politic often fail when it comes to the human body.
    By Matt Stieb
  12. feature
    How Many Bones Would You Break to Get Laid?“Incels” are going under the knife to reshape their faces, and their dating prospects.
    By Alice Hines
  13. the city
    SPECIAL REPORT: NYPD’s Mental-Illness Response BreakdownAs 911 calls reporting emotionally disturbed people double in a decade, training lags and a key response team is shut out of the emergency system.
    By Greg B. Smith
  14. Trump Wants Armed Teachers and Universal Background ChecksIn a “listening session” on gun control, Trump floated some unhinged ideas along with some downright reasonable ones.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. People Reported the Florida Shooter, Like Trump Asked. He Still Got a Gun.School officials, police, and even the FBI received repeated warnings about Nikolas Cruz, but they couldn’t legally prevent him from buying firearms.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. Trump Bragged to RNC About Passing ‘Hard’ Cognitive Test“There aren’t a lot of people that can do that,” he said at the GOP’s winter meeting.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  17. Reagan’s Mental-Health Concerns Handled Very Differently Than Trump’sThe 40th president got the benefit of the doubt thanks to different times and his steady temperament.
    By Benjamin Hart
  18. How Trump’s Speaking Style Has Changed Over the Years“Bing, bing, bong, bong, bing, bing, bing. You know what that is, right?”
  19. mental health
    Trump Insists He’s a ‘Very Stable Genius’ in Response to Mental-Fitness ConcernsHe says his mental health and intelligence are his two greatest assets.
    By Chas Danner
  20. president trump
    The President Is Mentally Unwell — and Everyone Around Him Knows ItTrump’s closest aides have reached the same conclusion in private that scores of mental-health professionals have made in public.
    By Eric Levitz
  21. select all
    Hey, Nerds, Gaming Will Officially Be Recognized As a Mental-Health ConditionThe World Health Organization’s new classification will take effect in 2018.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  22. feature
    The Man Who Shot Reagan Is Out of the Mental Hospital and Living With His MotherCan someone who tried to murder a president be rehabilitated?
    By Lisa Miller
  23. Tennessee Bill Would Let Therapists Reject GaysTennessee may become the first state where mental-health professionals can refuse patients in deference to their religious beliefs.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. what is it good for?
    The White House Lifts Ban on Condolence Letters to Families of Military SuicidesIt’s an overdue move, meant to help destigmatize the mental-health toll suffered by soldiers at war.
    By Noreen Malone
  25. school daze
    It’s Official: It Sucks to Be in CollegeThey didn’t talk about this in ‘The Roommate.’
    By Julie Gerstein