Med-school Swerve
They had other lives—but medicine was calling
Medicine & Health
‘Galen Had Time for Everybody’
Remembering a physician who crossed all types of barriers
Saving Children
One alum’s groundbreaking research has driven global policy change
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A Crisis for Children
A letter from the Editor
12-Step Alternative
A science-based, non-religious recovery program has become #2 after A.A.
Visual Therapy
Digital imagery helps people express complex emotions.
Are Mushrooms the New Prozac?
Research with psilocybin shows positive results for depression
Psychosis Test
Tracking mental illness with technology
Living Large While Something’s Trying to Kill You
Writer and performer Annie Lanzillotto ’86 has spent a lifetime dodging cancer—while making work that elevates her vibrant, violent working-class upbringing to the realm of poetry, ritual, and myth.
Talking Back
After the medical and racial nightmare that was 2020, John Johnson ’23 MD set out on a healing path that includes talking openly about mental health, racism, and medical disparities.
Who’s at Risk?
Researchers address high suicide rates with app-based tools and culturally aware interventions.
Mainstreaming Mindfulness
Professor Eric Loucks is on a mission
A Familismo Approach
Targeted therapy for Latinx youth
The Good Life
A course on happiness gets mobbed
“Coping with Covid” 101
A new course on the psychology of pandemics offers a scientific take on Covid-related mental health issues and a place for students to process.
The Anxiety Hacker
Jud Brewer can help you change your mind
Are the Kids Alright?
The pandemic hit teens hard, causing a measurable decline in mental health. Enter Molly Josephs ’09, whose podcast, This Teenage Life, became a lifeline for tweens and teens from California to Kabul, helping them to vent—and heal—one episode at a time.
A Judgment Free Zone for Drug Use
Does providing safer spaces to use drugs help or hurt?
Do You Have Long Covid?
A team of researchers has published a definition and a list of symptoms.
Spinal Success
A new implant system helps monitor and heal fused vertebrae
Doc Politics
Healing more patients by changing health policy
Rest Easy
An expert on why good sleep often eludes us
Build Your Own MD
At 50, the Warren Alpert Medical School has become a national leader. We talk to founding alums who took a leap of faith.