It’s Not Just You

Opinion

It’s Not Just You America’s mental health crisis isn’t just about our unhappiness as individuals. It’s about the world we live in: our economy, our culture, our medical establishment. Americans have long treated mental health as a personal matter. But until we realize that society shapes our mental health and how we treat it, we won’t be able to feel better.

Part IV

Your Mind and
What’s Around It
The psychological effects of being a person in the world.

  • Photographs by Bobby Doherty for The New York Times
Opinion

It’s Not Just You America’s mental health crisis isn’t just about our unhappiness as individuals. It’s about the world we live in: our economy, our culture, our medical establishment. Americans have long treated mental health as a personal matter. But until we realize that society shapes our mental health and how we treat it, we won’t be able to feel better.

Part III

Power, Politics and Feelings
From the courtroom to the waiting room, it’s impossible to take politics out of mental health.

  • Photographs by Bobby Doherty for The New York Times
Opinion

It’s Not Just You America’s mental health crisis isn’t just about our unhappiness as individuals. It’s about the world we live in: our economy, our culture, our medical establishment. Americans have long treated mental health as a personal matter. But until we realize that society shapes our mental health and how we treat it, we won’t be able to feel better.

Part II

Inside and Outside the
Doctor’s Office
Therapists and psychiatrists decide what your care looks like. What shapes those decisions?

  • Photographs by Bobby Doherty for The New York Times
Opinion

It’s Not Just You America’s mental health crisis isn’t just about our unhappiness as individuals. It’s about the world we live in: our economy, our culture, our medical establishment. Americans have long treated mental health as a personal matter. But until we realize that society shapes our mental health and how we treat it, we won’t be able to feel better.

Part I

We Are Aware and Unhappy Conversations about mental health are everywhere. So why do we still feel so bad?

  • Photographs by Bobby Doherty for The New York Times