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‘High-Functioning Anxiety Isn’t a Medical Diagnosis. It’s a Hashtag.’
OpinionSupported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT‘High-Functioning Anxiety Isn’t a Medical Diagnosis. It’s a Hashtag.’ May 14, 2024, 5:00 a.m. ETShare full articleVideo…
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When There’s Nowhere for Your Children to Be Safe
These mothers keep their phones on silent because their nerves are fried. Every time they hear a ring, they know…
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We Must Address New York City’s Mental Health Crisis
In September 1958, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed with a seven-inch steel letter opener. He had…
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Violence and Disorder in New York’s Mental Health Shelters
Carlton McPherson, who was charged in the fatal shoving of a stranger in the subway, had stayed at shelters designed…
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Accused Subway Shover Found Little Help in New York’s Chaotic Shelters
Carlton McPherson had been placed by New York City in a specialized homeless shelter for people with serious mental illness.…
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California’s Ballot Measure on Mental Health Care Still Isn’t Decided. Why?
Proposition 1 was expected to be widely approved, but the vote is close. Here’s what the measure is and what’s…
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The Trauma Experienced in Gaza Is Beyond PTSD
“We will die. All of us. Hopefully soon enough to stop the suffering that we are living through every single…
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Suspect in Davis Stabbings Can Now Stand Trial, Judge Rules
A California judge who initially found the suspect incompetent to stand trial ruled on Friday that after treatment at a…
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A New Push to Improve Mental Health Care for Homeless New Yorkers
Mark Levine, the Manhattan borough president, is calling for more treatment teams and psychiatric beds to address a mental health…
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Dr. John A. Talbott, Champion of Care for the Mentally Ill, Dies at 88
A psychiatrist and a prolific author, he criticized what he referred to as a “nonsystem” that left vulnerable people on…
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