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Displaying all articles tagged:
Psychiatry
book review
Dec. 23, 2022
What Their Psychiatrists Won’t Tell You
In Rachel Aviv’s book
Strangers to Ourselves
, personal narratives of mental illness take primacy over institutions’.
By
Jane Hu
mental health
Apr. 13, 2017
The Prison Psychiatrist Who Knows There Are Some Inmates He Just Can’t Help
“But I’m hesitant to write anybody off. I’d rather be swept up in their lie than be cynical and miss something.”
As told to
Diana Briggs
conversion therapy
Sept. 6, 2016
What Anti-Gay Conversion Therapy Was Like in the 1960s
The author and journalist Steven Gaines recounts his experiences in a tony Manhattan psychiatric hospital.
By
Jesse Singal
Aug. 9, 2016
Stop Psychoanalyzing Trump From Afar, Psychiatrist Commands Other Psychiatrists
It’s “irresponsible, potentially stigmatizing, and definitely unethical,” the president of the American Psychiatric Association said.
By
Melissa Dahl
strange cases
Nov. 30, 2015
This Blind Woman Had 10 Personalities, and Some of Them Could See
A case of psychogenic blindness.
By
Melissa Dahl
strange cases
May 22, 2015
This Man Thought His Family Was Replaced by Evil Clones
It doesn’t end well.
By
Melissa Dahl
mental health
Jan. 12, 2015
Biological Explanations of Behavior Might Reduce Empathy
When we see people as being physically damaged, it might be harder to have sympathy for them.
By
Jesse Singal
multiple personalities
Nov. 24, 2014
A New, Skeptical Look at ‘Multiple Personality Disorder’
A Retro Report exposes just how vulnerable psychology and psychiatry are to hysteria and groupthink.
By
Jesse Singal
first person
Nov. 19, 2014
I Broke Up With 6 Shrinks. Is It Them, or Me?
When therapy resembles dating.
By
Tim Murphy
July 7, 2014
Psychiatry in the Age of Justifiable Paranoia
How do you talk to a delusional person who isn’t totally wrong to be paranoid?
By
Melissa Dahl
moms
June 5, 2014
My Mom’s a Therapist, and My Feelings About It Are Complicated
Drawing the line between daughter and patient.
By
Jessica Grose
psychiatry 2.0
Aug. 14, 2013
Can You Diagnose a Manic Episode on Twitter?
Maybe, say prominent psychiatrists.
By
Maureen O'Connor
Feb. 15, 2011
‘Comedians as a group still adhere to the idea that you’re only funny if […]
NPR interviewed Dr. Ildiko Tabori, the Laugh Factory’s new in-house shrink, about why comedians need his help more than the average person: […]
By
Adam Frucci