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Russ Roberts on Intermittent Explosive Disorder: Mental Illness or Made-Up Malady?

Published 2006-06-17 malady intermittent explosive

Russ Roberts looks at the economics and science of intermittent explosive disorder--violent rage out of proportion to its cause. Was the recent study that disco…

Marco Ramos on Misunderstanding Mental Illness

Published 2023-02-21 antidepressants admits misunderstanding

When psychiatrist Marco Ramos of Yale University prescribes antidepressants to patients in distress and they ask him how they work, Ramos admits: We don't reall…

Zamfara commissioner dies at 50 after brief illness

Published 2026-11-13 illness dies commerce

Zamfara State Commissioner for Commerce, Tasiu Musa Shinkafi, has died at the age of 50. Shinkafi reportedly died on Wednesday in Kaduna following a brief illne…

Healthy Behavior Can Spread Like Illness

Published 2017-04-21 spread healthy adchoices

If people run more in New York City, that can push their socially connected counterparts in San Diego to run more as well. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn…

From stress to illness: Factors driving men in Eswatini to *******

Published 2026-11-15 dlamini eswatini factors

Eswatini MP Welcome Dlamini outlined factors driving men to *******, revealing that 42 men had taken their own lives over the last three months.