The Reinvention of Self
Elizabeth Gould’s previous work overturned one of the central tenets of neuroscience. Now she’s building on her discovery to show that poverty and stress may not just be symptoms of society, but bound...
View ArticleHead fake: How Prozac sent the science of depression in the wrong direction
Prozac is one of the most successful drugs of all time. Since its introduction as an antidepressant more than 20 years ago, Prozac has been prescribed to more than 54 million people around the world,...
View ArticleDepression’s Upside
If depression was a disorder, then evolution had made a tragic mistake, allowing an illness that impedes reproduction — it leads people to stop having sex and consider suicide — to spread throughout...
View ArticleUnder Pressure: The Search for a Stress Vaccine
Numerous studies of human longevity in developed countries have found that psychosocial factors such as stress are the single most important variable in determining the length of a life. It’s not that...
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