Social Justice Is the Kink in ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Making Sex Better or Worse? The book-turned-movie might lead to better sex communication and more BDSM experimentation—but also a misunderstanding of healthy sex lives. Max Ufberg
Social Justice The Grapes of Contentment Want to feel more confident and engaged in life? Take your mother’s advice: Eat more fruits and vegetables. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward We met at 18. We wed at 24. At 27, I checked my wife into a psych ward—for the first time. How mental illness re-shapes a marriage. Mark Lukach
News in Brief Caring for the Condemned: Does It Make Sense to Treat the Mental Health of Someone Facing Execution? How the new mental health facility for California’s death row inmates reflects our nation’s ongoing ambivalence about the death penalty. Jessica Pishko
Social Justice Blackness Ever Blackening: My Lifetime of Depression How do I explain an existence dominated by the bleakest, darkest moods? And do I even want to? Jenny Diski
Social Justice Making Art Boosts Seniors’ Psychological Resilience German researchers report positive changes in the brains of recent retirees who learned how to create visual art. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice The Ongoing Mental Health Benefits of Neighborhood Diversity Diverse neighborhoods, it turns out, aren’t just conducive to hipsters. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice Full Moons: Not a Cause of Deviant Behavior Despite countless studies to the contrary, we haven't stopped believing that the moon is driving us crazy. Katie Heaney
Social Justice Should We Take Away the Children of Those Who Are Mentally Ill? Mindi has never harmed her daughter and is capably raising a son, but authorities took her daughter under a concept sometimes called “predictive neglect.” Seth Freed Wessler
Social Justice What We Actually Know About the Connections Between Mental Illness, Mass Shootings, and Gun Violence A conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Swanson. Lois Beckett