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Oct 2022
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When You Can’t Trust the Stories Your Mi...

NEW YORK TIMES OPINION
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The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that nearly one in five adults in America lives with a mental illness. And we have plenty of evidence — from suicide rates to the percentage of Americans on psychopharmaceuticals — that our collective mental health is getting worse. But beyond mental health diagnoses lies a whole, complicated landscape of dif ... Show More
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