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Regis Duvignau / Reuters How Patient Suicide Affects Psychiatrists
Mental-health practitioners whose clients kill themselves can face stigma from their colleagues, lawsuits, and a toll on their own psyches—making them less likely to take on suicidal patients who need their help.
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Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters When Wilderness Boot Camps Take Tough Love Too Far
Troubled teens are occasionally sent to corrective outdoor programs, where they hike for days or perform manual labor. But some parents are saying the physical exertion verges on abuse.
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The Syrian War Is Creating a Massive Kidnapping Crisis in Lebanon
My father, Terry Anderson, was kidnapped during the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s. Now, history is repeating itself as members of Lebanon’s various sects escalate tit-for-tat abductions.
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Conspiracy Theories: The One Thing Everyone in Lebanon Has in Common
Americans, Jews, Iranians, Saudis -- a short list of all the people the Lebanese believe have a hand in their nation's problems.
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Gazi to Gezi: Turkish Protests Unite Minorities Who Distrust Each Other
The Taksim protests have brought together middle-class youth with another, longer-simmering conflict in one of Istanbul's Alevi neighborhoods.
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Child Marriages Rise Among Syrian Refugee Girls
"I don't want to get married; I don't want to have children. I'm only doing this for security."
