Health
Scenes from My Time in a Psychiatric Hospital
After a series of manic episodes, I was admitted to the Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Anne in Paris. That's where I met a nymphomaniac, a medium and the reincarnation of Christ.
The First Time I Let Someone Die
Early one Tuesday morning years ago, I began my effort to save a woman who had been in a car accident. Four weeks later, I had failed.
People Tell Us Their Half Baked Reasons for Never Using Condoms
For the past 10 years the rate of almost every STI, except HIV, has been increasing around Australia. Here's an insight into why.
Why Can't We All Take Modafinil?
The world's favorite smart drug is much safer than Adderall and a promising treatment for substance abuse and neurodegenerative disorders—so why can't we use it?
Shrooms Could Make Cancer Patients Less Terrified of Death
Psilocybin can help cancer patients cope with depression and anxiety, according to two new US studies. But will President Trump fund research in what could be a revolutionary development in psychiatry?
How Giving Up Drink and Drugs in Your Twenties Can Change Your Life
For so many young men, booze and drugs are a way out of fully confronting mental ill health or other underlying issues. We spoke to a couple who decided to put down the pints, to see what effect it's had.
I'm Depressed, But Is That Actually a Problem?
Maybe my depression isn't the problem. Maybe it's a collective symptom of being a black person in Australia.
People With Epilepsy Describe How They Feel Just Before a Seizure
For many, an oncoming seizure announces itself with a weird, almost psychedelic experience.
What It's Like to Live with One of the World's Most Painful Disorders
Trigeminal neuralgia has been compared to searing, stabbing facial pain, or "a hot rod being stabbed in your eye while your face is being burnt off with chemicals."
How Psychedelics Helped Me Deal with Excruciating Cluster Headaches
For sufferers like me, mushrooms and 5-MeO-DALT offer relief where traditional medications can't.