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Mental Health
Is Ibogaine the Next Miracle Drug?
American addicts and traumatized veterans are flocking to Mexico to ingest a powerful hallucinogen. But the president just signed an executive order…
Josh Code
I Thought I Was Autistic. I Was Wrong.
After spending most of my life feeling different and alone, an autism diagnosis gave me the kind of relief that was impossible to resist. But it was…
Christina Buttons
The New ‘Conversion Therapy’ Is Making Gay Kids Trans
Adopting traits of the opposite sex is often a sign of same-sex attraction. But today, many children who do so are steered toward changing their sex.
James Kirchick
Arthur Brooks: Don’t Waste Your Suffering
The modern fixation on a suffering-free life has left us fragile, anxious, and unfulfilled.
Arthur Brooks
America’s Public Disorder Is a Choice
America’s hands-off approach to mental illness and addiction is failing everyone.
Chris Arnade
The Two Types of People Who Never Find Happiness
Arthur Brooks explains how to stop wasting your life.
Shilo Brooks
51M
Arthur Brooks: Why Your ‘Perfect’ Life Feels So Empty
I’ve spent most of my career around some of the most accomplished young people in the world. What I’ve found is that they are undeniably, desperately…
Arthur Brooks
Arthur Brooks: Face It. You’re Addicted to Politics.
Consuming political outrage all day doesn’t strengthen democracy. It just wrecks your mood.
Arthur Brooks
Arthur Brooks: I Live with My Grandchildren. You Should Too.
It’s noisy, crowded, occasionally chaotic, and far happier than the lonely alternative many families accept.
Arthur Brooks
Arthur Brooks: So You Got Dumped. What Next?
If you’re in intense pain after a breakup, you are normal. But in the meantime, a few science-backed methods can help lower your suffering.
Arthur Brooks
‘Lolita,’ Jeffrey Epstein, and the Real Meaning of a Challenging Classic
How a novel about a pedophile-rapist came to occupy such a prominent place in American life.
Shilo Brooks
47M
Insanity Is Hard to Prove. Here’s How Nick Reiner Could Do It.
Juries rarely acquit for insanity. But California makes it easier by accounting for defendants’ view of right and wrong.
Jed Rubenfeld
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