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For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.

• By Avital Andrews

How sleight-of-hand—and obsessive-compulsive disorder—helped the guitarist shake 30 years of addiction.

• By Ted Scheinman

Most of us have a friend, a relative, or a neighbor who seems to pack his or her home with unnecessary stuff. Researchers are just beginning to understand why.

• By Bonnie Tsui

What Google searches tell us about the seasonality of mental illness.

• By Kevin Charles Fleming