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Personal essays

They’re Going to Steal November.

France, Italy, Portugal, and Albania Already Showed Us What to Do.

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Personal essays

It Doesn't Filter Up. It Rolls Downhill.

By Rick Leach, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC

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War & moral injury

The VA Is Recruiting Veterans Into a Waiting Room

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Mental health

Tell Me Where He Sleeps Tonight

By Rick Leach, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC | PsychiatRick

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Personal essays

The Public Execution Is Back. You Are the Target.

Pete Hegseth wants you to watch a firing squad on a livestream. Three centuries of history and psychology say the show was never meant for the man being shot.

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Masculinity

The Mental Health Cost of Waiting for November

Trump is teasing surprises before the midterms while new research documents the psychological burden of election stress

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