Sitting at her office desk, Karen Sussman spoke into a microphone attached to a computer. The screen displayed a program to record and measure voice pitch. “Hi. It’s very nice to see you,” she said in a low, clipped monotone as the computer recorded. As she listened to it again,…
After Elif Binger gave birth to her second child in 2007, she sought psychiatric help with what she reflects on as postpartum depression, but what she said her doctor falsely diagnosed as bipolar disorder. Trusting her doctor’s judgment, she followed his instructions. “Instead of going to therapy to deal with…