Stigma is Only Part of the Mental Health Price Tag
By Emily Newhook Mental health patients and their families already pay a hefty price with the stigma of mental illness and the emotional rollercoaster they often face dealing with symptoms.
By Emily Newhook Mental health patients and their families already pay a hefty price with the stigma of mental illness and the emotional rollercoaster they often face dealing with symptoms.
By Laurie Filipelli My second miscarriage started in a Starbucks bathroom, and I couldn’t have felt more alone. Where to go from there? I drove home, took as much ibuprofen as
By Nadi Nina Kaonga In 2010, I lost my mother to cancer. She was a fighter and had survived well past her prognosis, but her hospital costs outlived her. Let
By Sriranjani Padmanabhan He was a 24-year-old African American man with no history of medical or eye problems. On an ordinary Thursday evening at 8 pm, he arrived into the
By Michael J. Misialek, MD There was silence on the phone when I told my colleague the cost of the test. He had ordered it in good faith, believing it was
By Sammy Ta The clock read 9:30PM and in front of me was dozens of notes, PowerPoint slides, and practice exams to review before 8AM. The all-too-familiar finals week all-nighter