mental illness

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President Donald Trump signs a directive to accelerate FDA review of psychedelic drugs for serious mental illness.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Carruthers’ case is a perfect storm of capital punishment’s familiar failures: paid informants, information withheld from the jury, untested physical evidence, and the defendant’s mental illness.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

For reasons indistinguishable from mental illness, the U.K. still won’t.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

This recounts the tragedy of a young man, Richard “Beebo” Russell, who in the throes of mental illness stole a plane and managed to take off into the Pacific Northwest.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

William shared a ward with up to twenty other men who were also battling mental illness.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield