Ed Cara

New Age meditation practices are being deployed everywhere—from prisons to tense office buildings.

The clank of silverware, the sound of chewing, and other forms of torture. The trouble with misophonia.

The belief that hidden memories can be "recovered" in therapy should have been exorcised years ago, when a rash of false memories dominated the airwaves, tore families apart, and put people on the stand for crimes they didn't commit. But the mental health establishment does not always learn from its mistakes—and families are still paying the price.