Showing results for: mental illness (page 90)
Who will care for the crazy?
J.B. Orenstein
She was 18 and had been found hanging by a noose. But the moment I saw her insurer, I knew she was one of the lucky ones. First of two parts.
“Of Two Minds” By T.M. Luhrmann
Laura Miller
A subtle study of the conflict between talk-oriented
and drug-oriented psychotherapy -- and a frightening
demonstration of how medical budget cutters are betraying
the mentally ill and putting the rest of us at risk.
Public schools, private choices
Louis Freedberg
Al Gore could have sent his son to Wilson High, a
public school, but chose nearby Sidwell Friends, which is
private. Here's a look at both.
Prozac indignation
Craig Offman
How a little-known Harvard clinician needled sleeping giant Eli Lilly
Mary Ellen Mark
Andrew Long
With her strongly personal approach, she documents the lives of people on the edges of society -- from the prostitutes of Bombay to the street kids of Seattle to the cowboys of small-town Texas rodeos.
Island fever
Dylan James
I was willing to spring my gay porn past on my unsuspecting family if it would get me on the TV show "Survivor." But would it?
Psych meds for kids: Too much, too soon?
Lawrence H. Diller
Some psychiatric drugs do help children, but school and family are crucial, too.
Letters to the editor
Letters to the Editor
Are black leaders hypocritical in their response to hate crime? Plus: Limbaugh's rush to judgment on McCain; do teachers necessitate tutors?
Public radio's bad dream
Susan Emerling
Joe Frank conjures up the nightmares that "This American Life" and "A Prairie Home Companion" have when they go home at night.
Letters to the editor
Letters to the Editor
Are impoverished children doomed? Plus: John Stossel's journalistic integrity; having a gas with flatulence story.
Damaged goods
Beth Broeker
The parents of a murderer sue adoption workers, claiming they should have been told about the boy's mentally ill birth mother.
Pundits of pain
Andreas Killen
In the wake of Rwanda, Bosnia and Kosovo, academics turn trauma studies into a hot discipline.
Soul brothers
Jake Tapper
At their last debate before the Iowa
caucus, Bradley and Gore court the minority vote.
Is being hooked a choice?
Andy Dehnart
A new book argues that all addictions are a matter of free will, even heroin and coffee.
Rudy's right and Rosie's wrong
Jonathan Foreman
New York's feisty mayor is the best thing that ever happened to the city's homeless.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Andrew Sullivan defends his politics
Plus: You don't have a right to privacy on your boss's time; did HIV+ mom make the right choice?
Plus: You don't have a right to privacy on your boss's time; did HIV+ mom make the right choice?
Presents of mind
Stephanie Zacharek, Maria Russo
A selection of books sure to charm, delight and inform even the most particular readers on your list.
God, glass, LSD
Greg Bottoms
After dropping six hits of acid, my brother had his first psychotic episode.
Surgeon general pushes mental health treatment
Dena Bunis
Shame and the lack of insurance keep many from getting the help they need.
Who will go nuts?
Robert Burton
Predicting mental illness is usually no better than gambling, but we keep trying.
The outer limits of schizophrenia treatment
Dawn MacKeen
Researchers are treating teenagers for
schizophrenia before they are diagnosed.
Some bioethicists think that's insane.
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