Health By Elizabeth Cooney Long after the fire of a Covid-19 infection, mental and neurological effects can still smolder
Health By Gabrielle Glaser For people with OCD — and fearful of germs — the pandemic is upending years of therapy
First Opinion By Justin A. Frank I used applied psychoanalysis to assess President Trump. The diagnosis is frightening
First Opinion By Allen Frances I helped write the manual for diagnosing mental illness. Donald Trump doesn’t meet the criteria
A STAT Investigation By Megan Thielking Ketamine gives hope to patients with severe depression. But some clinics stray from the science and hype its benefits
Health By Roger Rapoport ‘Every day is an emergency’: The pandemic is worsening psychiatric bed shortages nationwide
Business By Rebecca Robbins Anxious about a big speech? This startup wants to calm you down — with a cardiac drug you pop like a mint
First Opinion By Lloyd I. Sederer A buddy system can help doctors and nurses weather the Covid-19 maelstrom
First Opinion By David Mou and Thomas R. Insel Startups should focus on innovations that truly improve mental health
Health By Roger Rapoport ‘A supreme form of advocacy’: When finding a psychiatric bed seems impossible, one state’s patients have a partner
Health By Todd S. Purdum Drive-by burials and FaceTime farewells: Grief in the Covid era will weigh on the American psyche for years to come
First Opinion By Payal Marathe and Ravi N. Shah The mental health dilemma: If technology is the problem, can it also be the solution?
Biotech By Damian Garde and Adam Feuerstein In major bet, Biogen pays $1.5 billion for rights to a once-failed treatment for depression
First Opinion By Roy Perlis, Matthew A. Baum, and Katherine Ognyanova Glaring omission from Biden’s Covid-19 task force: mental health expertise
First Opinion By Kacie Kidd and Gina Sequeira Laws to ban gender-affirming care could increase youth suicides, parents fear
First Opinion By Darrell Steinberg and Patrick J. Kennedy New California law should serve as a national model for mental health care reform
First Opinion By Stephen Soumerai and Ross Koppel Nonfinancial conflicts of interest can threaten public health: the case of FDA antidepressant warnings and youth suicides
First Opinion By Ron Wyden America’s mental health care system fell short for my brother. Access to that care should be a legal right for all
Health By Pratibha Gopalakrishna New research shows many children with mental health conditions don’t get follow-up care
Health By Alice Proujansky Pregnancy poses challenges for people in recovery from substance use disorder. Covid-19 is taxing their support system
Health By Pratibha Gopalakrishna How common is burnout among physicians? It depends on how it’s defined
Health By Gabrielle Glaser Fear, dread, and panic: Some Covid-19 survivors feel stalked by possibility of reinfection
Health By Juliet Isselbacher LGBTQ youth say cost, parental permission pose major barriers to mental health care
First Opinion By Jason Bae Instead of lockdowns, teach people how to socialize safely in the time of coronavirus
First Opinion By Samara Fox, Ellen Gallagher, and J. Wesley Boyd When the treatment is torture: ICE must stop using solitary confinement for Covid-19 quarantine
Health Tech By Juliet Isselbacher As mindfulness app Headspace booms, its popularity outpaces its scientific evidence
First Opinion By Nadine Burke Harris Children will pay long-term stress-related costs of Covid-19 unless we follow the science
Health By Juliet Isselbacher As mobile mental health teams work to de-escalate crises, some warn their models still rely on police partnerships