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May 2024
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A Lawyer Says He Doesn't Need Help for P...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET
About this episode

WSJ’s Julie Wernau wanted to test a hypothesis: are there more mentally ill homeless people now, compared to before the pandemic? That question led her to Rob Dart. Once a successful lawyer, in 2022 he went into a downward spiral, which his family has not been able to stop despite their best efforts.


Further Reading:

- A Lawyer Abandoned Family and Career to Follow the Voices in His Head 

- A Lawyer’s Slide Into Psychosis Was Captured in a WSJ Profile. He Tells Us His Story. 


Further Listening:

- America's Maternal Mental Health Crisis 

- Evicted on Wood Street: California's Housing Crisis 


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