"An Odd Sense of Timing": Changes in the environment are giving rise to the subjective experience of time - and that is puzzling psychologists and brain researchers.
"The Medicated Americans": Close to ten percent of men and women in America are now taking drugs to combat depression.
"The Character Code": Researchers have found a gene that influences our ability to cope with stress and to bounce back from the misfortunes of life.
"Misery in Motherhood": Postpartum depression effects 1 in 5 women and weakens critical bonds between a mother and child - but there are remedies.
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pieces on kissing (though the front-page pic is obviously meant to entice us more than the article itself) and the genetics of personality, though by far the most important writing in this issue is on the grotesquely irresponsible overprescription of antidepressants and the commercialization of drugs.