Monthly Archives: September 2016

Discrimination and stigma are concerns, but coming out can be a boon to your career—if the conditions are right Dave, a 52-year-old U.S. Navy veteran, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from a difficult childhood. In his job at a … Continue reading →

All of us–researchers, journalists, patients and their loved ones–are desperate for genuine progress in treatments for severe mental illness. All of us—researchers, journalists, patients and their loved ones–are desperate for genuine progress in treatments for severe mental illness.But if the … Continue reading →

I have first-hand experience of the devastation of depression, in myself and those close to me. Although I have been tempted to try antidepressants, I’ve never done so. Of course, like everyone reading this column, I know many people who … Continue reading →

Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America (Crown 2010), by the journalist Robert Whitaker, is one of the most disturbing, consequential works of investigative journalism I’ve read in a long … Continue reading →

The persistence of “color therapy” reveals the weakness of conventional treatments for mental illness. I recently reported on the proliferation—or persistence—of treatments for mental illness that involve stimulating the brain with electromagnetism. These electro-cures (my term) confirm a thesis I advanced in … Continue reading →