Identity or Behavior: A Moral and Medical Basis for LGBTQ Rights
The rights of minority groups should not be predicated on their lack of choice.
Sep 2014
Articles by Andrew Solomon:
Most Recent Writings
Sep 2014
Depression and Pregnancy: The Terrifying Dilemma
It is not helpful when the complexity of the decision is belittled.
Aug 2014
Depression is a Disease of Loneliness
A lack of friends can suck someone into solitude – sharing the language of affection could help to ease the pain.
Aug 2014
Suicide, a Crime of Loneliness
It often seems as if those who are most exuberant experience despair in proportion to their joy.
Mar 2014
The Reckoning
The father of the Sandy Hook killer searches for answers.
Feb 2014
Naked, Covered in Ram’s Blood, Drinking a Coke, and Feeling Pretty Good
One man’s journey to Senegal to investigate a tribal cure for depression.
Dec 2013
Shameful Profiling of the Mentally Ill
This border policy is not only unfair to visitors, but also constitutes an affront to the millions of Americans who are grappling with mental-health challenges.
Sep 2013
An Avoidable Tragedy
The story coming out of D.C. is of a man at war with himself and with the world around him, and unfortunately that latter war carried the day.
Aug 2013
Smug About Suffering
Review of “Cracked,” by James Davies, and “Our Necessary Shadow,” by Tom Burns.
Mar 2013
The Brutal Years
Review of “Sticks and Stones,” by Emily Bazelon.
