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Autism’s Confusing Cousins
A differential diagnosis for the weird and the awkward
 • Awais Aftab
DSM Disorders Disappear in Statistical Clustering of Psychiatric Symptoms
Whither Major Depression?
 • Awais Aftab
What Do We Owe the Insufferable?
When mental illness exhausts our emotional capacities
 • Awais Aftab
ADHD Beyond Stimulants, and Stimulants Beyond ADHD
Your brain on stimulants vs your brain on ADHD
 • Awais Aftab
Confessions of an Ambivalent Psychiatrist
Susan Mahler, MS, MD, is a writer and psychiatrist who practices in North Adams, MA.
 • Susan T. Mahler, MD
Rich Girl Rehab
The “Borderline” Years
 • Sorbie
Schizophrenia Is the Price We Pay for Minds Poised Near the Edge of a Cliff
Cliff-edged fitness functions and the evolution of schizophrenia
 • Awais Aftab
On Suicidality
Guest post by Sorbie Richner
 • Sorbie
How the Citrus Cure for Scurvy Was Lost, and Lessons for the Science of Psychopathology
The copper-lined containers and the contexts that neutralize treatment
 • Awais Aftab
How Antidepressants Work
A neuropsychological story featuring emotional processing shifts, cognitive flexibility, neuroticism, and emotional blunting
 • Awais Aftab
People Are Stumbling From One Misguided Narrative About the Medical Model to Another
The medical model in context
 • Awais Aftab
The Szaszian Heart of MAHA Psychiatry
Moderate-sounding entry points to an unpopular agenda
 • Awais Aftab
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