
If you stay mentally well your entire life, you’re not normal
Surveys suggest only a minority of people live lives entirely free from mental disorder. What can we learn from them?
by Jonathan D Schaefer
Jonathan D Schaefer is a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Child Development and the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research, both at the University of Minnesota. He studies how our environments can lead to or guard against the development of mental health problems, and writes about psychology, epidemiology, and stigma.