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The Mental Health Crisis of Today’s Youth—The Hidden Culprit Every Parent and Therapist Should Know About

Mad in America

In her recent book, Erasing the Finish Line: The New Blueprint for Success Beyond Grades and College Admission , Ana Homayoun questions the way we think about education, and invites us to re-examine our ideas about success as well as the important skills that are needed to navigate and thrive in today’s world.

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Reflections on the Silicon Valley Teen Suicides-by-Train: Fifteen Years Later

Mad in America

I recently read a book about hypnosis, Secret, Don’t Tell , by the late Carla Emery, which is available only on her family’s still-extant website. For me, grappling with the incomprehensible tragedy of all those suicides—and the utter strangeness of them—I’ve wondered whether something else might be at work.