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T. M. Luhrmann

T. M. Luhrmann is the author of Of Two Minds: An Anthropologist Looks at American Psychiatry.

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Head Cases

Field notes on a beautiful friendship

by T. M. Luhrmann | Tuesday, September 03, 2019
Healing the Masses

Healing the Masses

The evolution of care at the nation’s oldest public hospital

by T. M. Luhrmann | Tuesday, September 06, 2016
Anyone Home?

Anyone Home?

The centuries-long debate over what resides between our ears

by T. M. Luhrmann | Monday, September 07, 2015
Fantastic Visions

Fantastic Visions

Not crazy, just creative

by T. M. Luhrmann | Friday, December 07, 2012
Living With Voices

Living With Voices

A new way to deal with disturbing voices offers hope for those with other forms of psychosis

by T. M. Luhrmann | Friday, June 01, 2012

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2nd Look

Where Does American History Begin?

by Ted Widmer

In honor of the Fourth of July, we’re revisiting Ted Widmer’s 2008 piece “Where Does American History Begin?” For many, the obvious answer is in 1776 Philadelphia, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Others might argue that hints of modern America emerged in the Jamestown and Plymouth settlements. But America’s true beginnings, Widmer writes, go back much further.

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