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Tag: Ethan Watters

Psych Symptoms Less Biology “Than a Kind of Language”

Posted on March 18, 2014 by David Dobbs · 1 Comment

  Is mental illness a product of biology or culture? Ethan Watters, over at Pacific Standard, argues that whatever the biology involved in mental illness, its expression and our responses to it are shaped by culture far more than we realize. The resounding lesson of the history of mental illness is that psychiatric theories and diagnostic […]

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Batman Returns: How Culture Shapes Muddle Into Madness

Posted on July 27, 2012 by David Dobbs · 14 Comments

Neuron Culture blogger David Dobbs takes another look at the causes of tragedies like the one in Aurora.

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I write features, reviews, and essays for The New York Times, National Geographic, Aeon, Mosaic, Slate, and other publications. I am also the author of three books, as well as the Atavist hit My Mother’s Lover, which tells the long-hidden story of my mother's secret WWII affair with a flight surgeon. MML became a # 1 best-selling Kindle Single and was chosen in 2014 by readers as their favorite Atavist publication. You can keep track of me at Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Facebook. For occasional reading recommendations in my occasional newsletter, Read Two of These and Call Me in the Morning., sign up either here or in the form below.

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