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Daphne Merkin
Who's Sorry Now?
Frustration and regret can be good for you, according to one of the most provocative contemporary thinkers in the field of human...
A Journey Through Darkness
IT IS A SPARKLING DAY IN MID-JUNE, the sun out in full force, the sky a limpid blue. I am lying on my back on the grass, listening to the...
Is Depression Inherited?
SOME of my happiest moments have been spent as a mother. I say this despite being a constitutionally unhappy person who has fought all...
Kate Spade and the Illness Hidden With a Smile.
Suicide, no matter how well we know a person, usually comes as a shock, even a violation, putting the lie to our conviction that...
Women, Men and the Way We Write About Depression
A woman is standing in her kitchen, making a pot of coffee, spooning out the pungent overpriced ground beans from their snappy little...
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