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As psychiatrists and philosophers begin to define a pervasive mental health crisis triggered by climate change, they ask who is really sick: the individual or society?
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As psychiatrists and philosophers begin to define a pervasive mental health crisis triggered by climate change, they ask who is really sick: the individual or society?
Ash Sanders The Believer Dec 2019 30min Permalink
The origins of a misplaced panic.
L.V. Anderson Slate Dec 2019 20min Permalink
“What am I going to do? Because this isn’t fair. I deserve to have a life, to be functional. Well, I guess I’m going to stick myself with bees.”
Katy Vine Texas Monthly Nov 2019 25min Permalink
On the rise of telemedicine in rural America, where the number of ER patients has surged by 60 percent in the past decade as the number of doctors and hospitals has declined by up to 15 percent.
Eli Saslow Washington Post Nov 2019 15min Permalink
For years, Mormon Mommy blogger Natalie Lovin curated a picture-perfect life. Then she left the church—and her husband.
Nona Willis Aronowitz Elle Nov 2019 15min Permalink
How did feeling good become a matter of relentless, competitive work; a never-to-be-attained goal which makes us miserable?
Cody Delistraty Aeon Nov 2019 15min Permalink
The patient lasted just minutes after being taken off life support. By then it was too late.
Joe Sexton, Nate Schweber ProPublica Oct 2019 30min Permalink
The latest research suggests it’s not far-fetched at all—especially when you consider all the societal and cultural factors that make today’s games so attractive.
Ferris Jabr New York Times Magazine Oct 2019 30min Permalink
Fentanyl is quickly becoming America’s deadliest drug. But law enforcement couldn’t trace it to its source—until one teenager overdosed in North Dakota.
Alex W. Palmer New York Times Magazine Oct 2019 50min Permalink
How Aja Newman’s trip to the emergency room uncovered the abusive behavior of “rock star” physician David Newman, who ultimately pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual abuse against his patients.
Lisa Miller The Cut Oct 2019 30min Permalink
Welcome to Coffeyville, Kansas, where the judge has no law degree, debt collectors get a cut of the bail, and Americans are watching their lives — and liberty — disappear in the pursuit of medical debt collection.
Lizzie Presser ProPublica Oct 2019 25min Permalink
On sleep deprivation in the NBA.
Baxter Holmes ESPN Oct 2019 20min Permalink
Cycling through relapse and recovery, and the industry that enables both.
Colton Wooten Oct 2019 30min Permalink
Many low-wage workers are confined to filthy bathrooms, can’t get breaks and even lose their jobs trying to pump.
Dave Jamieson HuffPost Sep 2019 30min Permalink
Doctors are disappearing from rural America.
Eli Saslow Washington Post Sep 2019 20min Permalink
We aspire to a life without discomfort, without unpleasantness. But what kind of life would that be? It is as hard to imagine a world without pain as a person without sadness: a whole dimension of existence would be missing.
Sophie Elmhirst 1843 Magazine Oct 2019 20min Permalink
The economic reality behind a billion-dollar wellness craze.
Tess McClure The Guardian Sep 2019 20min Permalink
What the opioid crisis has done to one indigenous family in Alaska–the writer’s.
Joshua Hunt The New Republic Sep 2019 15min Permalink
My husband’s struggle with postpartum depression was my struggle, too.
Aubrey Hirsch Gay Mag Sep 2019 20min Permalink
How an island in the Antipodes became the world’s leading supplier of licit opioids.
Peter Andrey Smith Pacfic Standard Jul 2019 30min Permalink
A story of two births.
Leslie Jamison The Atlantic Aug 2019 30min Permalink
Public-health officials are confronting dangerous ideas as much as a deadly disease.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Aug 2019 30min Permalink
How we became suckers for the hard labor of self-optimization.
Jia Tolentino The Guardian Jul 2019 20min Permalink
Everyone wants women to be mindful, calm, and deliberate. But sometimes a little chaos gets things done.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Real Simple Jul 2019 15min Permalink
24 hours inside San Francisco’s homelessness crisis.
San Francisco Chronicle Jul 2019 40min Permalink