Oct 2020
“I think there’s an almost universal experience of loss that is devastating to many of the people who have lost not only their connection to the friends they no longer see and the places they no longer go, but to their sense of stability and security in the world.”
Oct 2020
“I think this has been an occasion for people to withdraw from hectic lives, and to focus quite tightly on the people whom they are closest to, including, in many instances, family.”
Oct 2020
Author Andrew Solomon and school counselor Amanda Jo Bustamante discuss the psychological effects — fear, anxiety and social isolation — of the COVID-19 pandemic on children.
Oct 2020
Authors Andrew Solomon and Kay Jamison join Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman to discuss how to process the cycle of emotional responses inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic and concurrent political turmoil.
Oct 2020
Andrew Solomon joins author Danielle Spender for a discussion of her new book, Metagnosis: Revelatory Narratives of Health and Identity.
Sep 2020
“Privileged Americans have achieved greater acceptance for a range of identities, from deafness to autism to transgender, but there’s a large underclass. And the idea that somehow justice will trickle down is naive.”
Sep 2020
“We can endure such terrible pain and trauma, yet we are still willing to help others generously.”
Sep 2020
Andrew Solomon joins Derrick Hull, Talkspace’s VP of Clinical Research and Development, for a discussion of scientific research on depression and how it fits into the broader systemic way in which we approach mental illness.
Sep 2020
Andrew Solomon discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health.
Jul 2020
Andrew Solomon joins NPR journalist Scott Simon for a wide-ranging, informal conversation.
