Essays & Interviews

Many Kinds of ‘Serious’ Mental Illness

A large number of mental illness cases happen outside the official diagnostic system, highlighting its inadequacies.

More than just a prescriber

A letter from David Mou, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Cerebral.

One Vet’s View of the Staggering Toll of Military Suicides – and the VA’s Failings

An author and veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq fears the legacy of the VA's harm to vets.

Full of Mad Black Pride, She Tells Her Story and Helps Others Tell Theirs

Kelechi Ubozoh spent her childhood straddling two different worlds. She spent summers with her Nigerian father in New York, where she was born, and the rest of the year in suburban Atlanta, where her African American mother worked as a doctor. Today, she’s a mental health advocate, a convener and a storyteller.

Michael Pollan on the Ebbing Drug War and the Fast-Growing Era of Psychedelic Research

David Bartley Stepped Back from the Precipice and Now He Helps Others Do the Same