Neuroscience folks should check out this lovely piece
Powerful personal essay meets fascinating science reporting in this exploration of what dementia takes from us. @jacobfeldman.bsky.social's favorite this week by @ellenbarry.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/s...
During the last years of his life, my father woke up nearly every day convinced that he had to set off on a journey. Could brain science explain what had happened?
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/s...
During the last years of his life, my father woke up nearly every day convinced that he had to set off on a journey. Could brain science explain what had happened?
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/s...
“He just doesn’t like S.S.R.I.s."
Psychiatry has been shaken up by Robert F. Kennedy's push to curb Americans' use of antidepressants. I reported last week at the APA's annual meeting. Comments are open.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/s...
As usual, the reader comments on this report about RFK Jr's push to help Americans wean off SSRIs are worth spending time with, both those that say SSRIs were lifesaving & those saying withdrawing from them was awful.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...
Today RFK Jr. rolled out a multi-pronged effort to help Americans wean off SSRI antidepressants. Do they want to? Comments are open.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...
As RFK Jr. sets out to rein in the use of SSRIs, a group of top psychiatrists are developing ground rules for helping patients get off medications, acknowledging that patients are often "parked" on a drug for years without any endpoint in sight. Comments are open.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/s...
An extraordinary thing from @ellenbarry.bsky.social; memoir and inquiry, the neuroscience of this century and the history of the last, a quiet facing of things, hope. Give thanks that there are still spaces for work like this. (Gift link)
Some good news: New research from Harvard Medical School found youth suicides were 11 percent lower than expected after the launch of the 988 hotline in 2022.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...
Idaho cut wraparound services for people with schizophrenia. In the weeks after the service was discontinued, there was a preventable death among the program's former clients. And another. And another. And another.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/h...
