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Tag: Mind and Psychology

Essiah Ritchie

My son’s violent illness humbled my sense of control and transformed my understanding of what it means to parent.

Rachel Fraser

Epiphanies can prompt us to view the world differently, a new book contends. But they are no substitute for ethical and political debate.

Micki McElya

The gender politics of Positive Psychology valorize the nuclear family and heterosexual monogamy. But few of the millions who encounter it through self-help books and therapy have any idea.

Marco Ramos

Decades of biological research haven't improved diagnosis or treatment. We should look to society, not to the brain.

Annie Howard
Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Lathe of Heaven reminds us of the radical power of collective imagination.
John Summers

The Judge Rotenberg Center, a Massachusetts school, still uses electric shock therapy to punish disabled students. How can an entire field of mental health accept this as fine?

Oded Na’aman

How philosophical thinking can make truthfulness possible even when the truth can barely be fathomed.

Greg Eghigian

This summer, an intelligence report and a new Harvard research project have renewed the public’s interest in UFOs. But neither is likely to change many minds.

Jonathan M. Metzl

Trump is only the latest to exploit it. A new path forward must address the structures that sustain it.

Mark D. Jordan

Adhering to a particular sexual or gender identity may mean abandoning the things that make us most unique. So why has identity become the default for talking about who we are and what we desire?

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