Autism’s Race Problem
For years, the medical community has studied and treated autism as a “white person’s” disease, and, today, research…
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Is Court-Ordered Treatment What Santa Barbara’s Mentally Ill Population Needs?
A pilot Laura’s Law program in Santa Barbara County will help mental-health officials learn the best way to…
Why Do These White Women Look So Sad?
Is the Sad Girls movement an exceptionally morbid fashion trend, or a feminist statement? I talked to feminists…
America’s Mental Health Care Gap
The Affordable Care Act improved things a little for Americans with mental-health problems, but we still have a…
American Police and Prisons Are Failing the Mentally Ill
Those with severe mental conditions are more likely to be incarcerated, and less likely to be granted opportunities such as parole.
Meet PRIME, the New App That Wants to Help Treat Schizophrenia
Researchers from the University of California-San Francisco are turning to an unlikely source to combat schizophrenia: the very people suffering from the disease.
The Long White Line: The Mental and Physical Effects of Long-Haul Trucking
Nothing will wreck your spinal system like the vibration of the truck bed for hours on end.
How Can We Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Before Tragedy Occurs, Instead of After?
Laura's Law could provide a middle ground between the old norm of total institutionalization and the new one of total abandonment. But the statute is struggling to reconcile forestalling tragedies with patients' rights.