Leaders of the D.S.M., the world’s most influential psychiatric manual, have been split for more than five years over whether to recognize postpartum psychosis as a distinct disorder.
Emily Swilinski of Greensboro, N.C., did not have a history of mental health issues when, after giving birth to her first child, she suddenly had racing thoughts, trouble sleeping, and began hallucinating that her dog was speaking to her.
When not guiding students in a compassionate approach to patient care, he led a tiny publishing imprint that put out a much-rejected debut novel that won a surprise Pulitzer Prize.
Savage's essay has attracted both derision and amens in newspapers and journals, on social media and Substacks, over drinks and in group chats. "I think the nerve I hit is fairly obvious," Savage said in an interview, adding, "being able to put numbers behind it was cathartic to some people and triggering to others." Humming underneath the disputation is a less tangible but more significant question. Let us say the perspective of the straight white man is being dampened in the world of literary fiction. Should we care? from The Death and Life of the Straight White Man's Novel [NY Times; ungated]
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