20 Percent of Veterans in College Have Planned to Commit Suicide 20 Percent of Veterans in College Have Planned to Commit Suicide
A new study says colleges are unprepared to educate the more than one million veterans expected to enter institutions of higher learning in the next decade.
Aug 9, 2011 / StudentNation / Kevin S. Donohoe
British Medical Group Suggests Women Seeking Abortion Be Told—Gasp!—the Truth British Medical Group Suggests Women Seeking Abortion Be Told—Gasp!—the Truth
Under the guidelines, patients would be told that women generally don’t suffer any psychological harm as a result of having an abortion.
Mar 9, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
The Kids Are Just Fine, Thanks The Kids Are Just Fine, Thanks
The organization that funded research bashing donor conception fights against marriage rights for same-sex couples. Should what they say about non-traditional families be trusted?
Jun 18, 2010 / Emily Douglas
Interview: Disposable Soldiers Interview: Disposable Soldiers
BBC & PRI's "The World" interviews reporter Joshua Kors about the deliberate misdiagnosis of returning veterans.
May 10, 2010 / Press Room
Interview: “Disposable Soldiers” Interview: “Disposable Soldiers”
BBC/PRI's "The World" interviews reporter Joshua Kors about his ongoing series on the deliberate misdiagnosis of injured returning veterans.
May 8, 2010 / Press Room
Job’s Comforters Job’s Comforters
Science can be disproved only by its own criteria; when it comes to mental illness, its own criteria are often insufficient.
May 5, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Adam Phillips
Transcending Trauma Transcending Trauma
This essay, the college winner of The Nation's Student Writing Contest, argues for a federal oversight panel to overhaul the treatment of those in foster care.
Dec 13, 2008 / Feature / Victor Lopez
Back Talk: Paul Offit Back Talk: Paul Offit
A doctor defends scientific research against the potentially fatal misperceptions of the anti-vaccine movement.
Oct 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Trauma in New Orleans Trauma in New Orleans
The city lacks the resources to address its residents' urgent mental health needs.
Aug 23, 2007 / Dr. Marc Siegel
Our Broken Mental Health System Our Broken Mental Health System
Although the mental health industry eagerly gives A.D.D. diagnoses to little boys who can't sit still, Cho Seung-Hui's illness was ignored.
Apr 20, 2007 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich