“Toxic” relationships, “burnout”, “productivity dysmorphia” – why do we medicalise societal problems?
Real structural political challenges are being dressed up with medical language and turned into pop psychology.
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How life without germs has left us newly vulnerable
Unseasonal respiratory diseases are surging as children and others repay an “immunity debt” from lockdown.
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Steven Pinker and the problem with rationality
The popular psychology professor makes the case for reason. But the lure of dogma is hard to resist.
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The fidget business
Pop-its and other fidget toys are selling in their tens of millions. Why are they so popular, and what do…
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Susie Orbach: “Human beings are unbelievably adaptive”
The psychotherapist and author on the mental health crisis.
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Why do the young and healthy sometimes drop dead?
When one her closest friends died midway through a 10k run – and later came back to life – Sophie…
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