When the Henderson family of Boulder finally sat down with an educational consultant, they had already lived through eighteen months of escalating crisis. Their fifteen-year-old son Caleb had cycled through outpatient therapy, an intensive outpatient program, two short psychiatric hospitalizations, and a residential treatment stay that ended after his insurance ran out. The school district … Read more
When the Henderson family of Boulder finally sat down with an educational consultant, they had already lived through eighteen months of escalating crisis. Their fifteen-year-old son Caleb had cycled through outpatient therapy, an intensive outpatient program, two short psychiatric hospitalizations, and a residential treatment stay that ended after his insurance ran out. The school district … Read more
Diane, a 52-year-old elementary school teacher in Kansas City, had smoked a pack and a half a day for thirty-four years. When her doctor delivered the abnormal chest CT result, she walked out of the office, drove straight to a drugstore, and bought nicotine patches and gum. By the third day cold turkey, she could … Read more
Diane, a 52-year-old elementary school teacher in Kansas City, had smoked a pack and a half a day for thirty-four years. When her doctor delivered the abnormal chest CT result, she walked out of the office, drove straight to a drugstore, and bought nicotine patches and gum. By the third day cold turkey, she could … Read more
Priya, a 27-year-old paralegal in Minneapolis, did not think she had a problem until the night she found herself crying in her bathroom at 1:30 a.m. after three hours of doomscrolling. The trigger had been small: a coworker’s vacation post. The spiral had been long: comparison, news, more comparison, a strange wellness influencer’s diet routine, … Read more
Priya, a 27-year-old paralegal in Minneapolis, did not think she had a problem until the night she found herself crying in her bathroom at 1:30 a.m. after three hours of doomscrolling. The trigger had been small: a coworker’s vacation post. The spiral had been long: comparison, news, more comparison, a strange wellness influencer’s diet routine, … Read more
Dr. Anita Rao practiced anesthesia at a Level I trauma center in Cleveland for nine years before the diversion started. It began with leftover fentanyl in syringes that should have gone to waste. By month four she was injecting between cases, hiding the evidence in the drug return system. The OR pharmacy noticed the discrepancies … Read more
Dr. Anita Rao practiced anesthesia at a Level I trauma center in Cleveland for nine years before the diversion started. It began with leftover fentanyl in syringes that should have gone to waste. By month four she was injecting between cases, hiding the evidence in the drug return system. The OR pharmacy noticed the discrepancies … Read more
Marcus had been driving for Uber and DoorDash in Phoenix for almost three years when the panic attacks started. He was making decent money, around $52,000 a year, but he had no health insurance because he assumed contractors couldn’t afford it. After his third trip to the emergency room in two months, an ER social … Read more
Marcus had been driving for Uber and DoorDash in Phoenix for almost three years when the panic attacks started. He was making decent money, around $52,000 a year, but he had no health insurance because he assumed contractors couldn’t afford it. After his third trip to the emergency room in two months, an ER social … Read more