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T. M. Luhrmann

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

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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What Is a Dog?

by Chloe Shaw

We admit that unofficial, national fill-in-the-blank days can sometimes feel contrived. (National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day, anyone?) But National Hug Your Dog Day (April 10) is too good not to celebrate, especially if it means we can revisit one of our favorite essays: Chloe Shaw’s “What Is a Dog?” from our Spring 2018 issue. After losing a beloved hound named Booker—described as a “wolf meets horse meets dinosaur meets tongue”—Shaw confronts the joys and inevitable sorrows of loving a pet. “A dog is a second chance. A dog is death and life. A dog is plush red carpet and fresh warm pee.” A dog is worth celebrating, and not only on April 10.