Showing results for: mental illness (page 20)
Why mental health researchers are studying psychedelics all wrong
Jonathan Dickinson, Dimitri Mugianis
Two psychedelic advocates say the mental health industry doesn't know what it's doing with its drug studies
Can cult studies offer help with QAnon? The science is thin
Michael Schulson
Families have become divided over online political conspiracy theories, but the science on “brainwashing” is weak
“Pure America” author Elizabeth Catte sees “the shadow of eugenics on almost everything”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
"People who want to control women have taken tremendous advantage of their anatomy," Catte says
Bullies aren’t all sociopaths — most are just trying to climb the social ladder, study says
Matthew Rozsa
The old cliche about bullies having low self-esteem is wrong; bullies want to advance at others' success
Most brain activity is “background noise” — and that’s upending our understanding of consciousness
Thomas Nail
Consciousness may be an emergent property from a bunch of background chatter. The implications are huge
Are conservative policies shortening American lives?
Lola Butcher
Americans have shorter lives than international peers. Some researchers say conservative policies may be to blame
Indirect deaths: The massive and unseen costs of America’s post-9/11 wars at home and abroad
Andrea Mazzarino
Congress has to agree on more than just a defense bill. We must make amends for endless war
People with schizophrenia are more likely to die of COVID-19
Matthew Rozsa
And peculiarly, scientists are not entirely sure why
Did “defund the police” lead to an increase in murder? Almost certainly not
Igor Derysh
In fact, hardly any cities have "defunded" cops — the troubling spike in homicide is probably pandemic-related
What the next editor of the Washington Post (or the New York Times) should tell reporters
Dan Froomkin
America's three most important daily papers face a massive inflection point: It's a chance to redeem journalism
California budget reflects “pandemic-induced reality,” governor says
Angela Hart
Local leaders worry California will not be able to adequately control the spread of the coronavirus
Trump admin argues the inconvenience of rescheduling executions outweighs the “harm” to prisoners
Isaac Arnsdorf
DOJ is pushing ahead with plans for three executions this week despite COVID concerns and multiple court objections
Donald Trump’s gift to America: Realizing we’ve never been a liberal democracy
Paul Rosenberg
Is Trump a threat to liberal democracy, as elite voices tell us — or a reminder that we've never gotten there?
Best of 2020: My houseplant garden is a tiny national park Donald Trump can never destroy
Alex Dew
Our 2020 retrospective continues with this meditation on what is and is not possible for one individual to save
“Disclosure” director Sam Feder on the trans TV experience: “People don’t know what they don’t know”
Melanie McFarland
Salon talks to the director about his film's role in illuminating transgender visibility on entertainment
On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways
Magda Romanska
Writers should reimagine roles for characters with disabilities, who have been limited to four tropes for years
Few kidney patients can access palliative care or hospice. Why?
Carrie Arnold
Treatments that reduce suffering & incorporate patient values aren’t common in kidney disease care. That’s changing
Netflix’s “Tiny Pretty Things” challenges the idea that bulimia is only a white woman’s disease
Ashlie D. Stevens
The soapy teen ballet series is high on melodrama, but its eating disorder plot rings true to life
Did we defund the police? No, but “big changes are happening” even after protests die down
Igor Derysh
Despite intense criticism coming from across the political spectrum, new city budgets show the protests worked
Carey Mulligan on “Promising Young Woman,” a feminist revenge story for the ages
Alli Joseph
The acclaimed actress appeared on "Salon Talks" to discuss her buzzy new film, a candy-coated dark comedy thriller
Diego Luna and Sienna Miller can’t figure out what’s real in the trippy, exhausting “Wander Darkly”
Gary M. Kramer
Director-writer Tara Miele creates a slippery narrative that shifts from life to death, and possibly purgatory
Why do smart people lie about alien encounters?
Matthew Rozsa, Keith A. Spencer
An Israeli Defense Minister joins a cadre of politically respectable people with specious claims of meeting E.T.
Stop thanking the troops and lend a hand
Andrea Mazzarino
A military spouse’s perspective on bringing the troops home from Afghanistan and Iraq
The moral case for canceling student debt
Kate Padgett Walsh
A poll from 2019 found that 58% of voters support canceling all federal student debt
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