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John Bonfiglio_1

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Long after the fire of a Covid-19 infection, mental and neurological effects can still smolder

Rorschach exposure therapy

Health By Gabrielle Glaser

For people with OCD — and fearful of germs — the pandemic is upending years of therapy

Trump shadow

First Opinion By Justin A. Frank

I used applied psychoanalysis to assess President Trump. The diagnosis is frightening

Trump

First Opinion By Allen Frances

I helped write the manual for diagnosing mental illness. Donald Trump doesn’t meet the criteria

Ketamine Clouds

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

Empty hospital bed

Health By Roger Rapoport

‘Every day is an emergency’: The pandemic is worsening psychiatric bed shortages nationwide

Mind

First Opinion By John Campo

It’s time to recognize mental health as essential to physical health

Microphone

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

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Holy Cross Medical Center buddy system

First Opinion By Lloyd I. Sederer

A buddy system can help doctors and nurses weather the Covid-19 maelstrom

mental health innovation concept illo

First Opinion By David Mou and Thomas R. Insel

Startups should focus on innovations that truly improve mental health

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Smartphone in hands

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar

Talkspace to go public in $1.4 billion deal

Psych beds

Health By Roger Rapoport

‘A supreme form of advocacy’: When finding a psychiatric bed seems impossible, one state’s patients have a partner

Don't Miss By Alissa Ambrose

STAT’s most memorable photos of 2020

Grief

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

mental health app

First Opinion By Payal Marathe and Ravi N. Shah

The mental health dilemma: If technology is the problem, can it also be the solution?

Sad child

Biotech By Damian Garde and Adam Feuerstein

In major bet, Biogen pays $1.5 billion for rights to a once-failed treatment for depression

Barclays Center Food Bank

First Opinion By Roy Perlis, Matthew A. Baum, and Katherine Ognyanova

Glaring omission from Biden’s Covid-19 task force: mental health expertise

South Dakota Capitol protest

First Opinion By Kacie Kidd and Gina Sequeira

Laws to ban gender-affirming care could increase youth suicides, parents fear

mental health green ribbon

First Opinion By Darrell Steinberg and Patrick J. Kennedy

New California law should serve as a national model for mental health care reform

Prozac conflict of interest

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

boy in blue at window

First Opinion By Jason Kahn

Kids’ heart rates are rising as the pandemic drags on

Telehealth call mental health

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

child therapy

Health By Pratibha Gopalakrishna

New research shows many children with mental health conditions don’t get follow-up care

brain money

Health Tech By Priyanka Runwal

5 takeaways from venture capital’s growing focus on mental health

Carrie Diehl

Health By Alice Proujansky

Pregnancy poses challenges for people in recovery from substance use disorder. Covid-19 is taxing their support system

physician burnout

Health By Pratibha Gopalakrishna

How common is burnout among physicians? It depends on how it’s defined

Castillo Family

Health By Gabrielle Glaser

Fear, dread, and panic: Some Covid-19 survivors feel stalked by possibility of reinfection

teen looking out window

Health By Juliet Isselbacher

LGBTQ youth say cost, parental permission pose major barriers to mental health care

CP social distancing socialize safely

First Opinion By Jason Bae

Instead of lockdowns, teach people how to socialize safely in the time of coronavirus

solitary confinement

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

Headspace illo

Health Tech By Juliet Isselbacher

As mindfulness app Headspace booms, its popularity outpaces its scientific evidence

young girl in car

First Opinion By Nadine Burke Harris

Children will pay long-term stress-related costs of Covid-19 unless we follow the science

Broken Handcuffs

Health By Juliet Isselbacher

As mobile mental health teams work to de-escalate crises, some warn their models still rely on police partnerships