How Can We Help the Hikikomori to Leave Their Rooms?
An increasing number of people are refusing to leave their homes, even their rooms. Emma Young delves into the phenomenon of hikikomori.
The Only Emotions I Can Feel are Anger and Fear
One in ten people struggle to recognize their emotions. New research suggests a vital link between our ability to sense our physical bodies and knowing how we feel. Emma Young reports.
My Many Selves: How I Learned To Live With Multiple Personalities
Emma Young meets a woman with dissociative identity disorder and discovers what happens when you lose your sense of being an individual.
Iceland Knows How to Stop Teen Substance Abuse but the Rest of the World Isn’t Listening
In Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. Emma Young finds out how they did it, and why other countries won’t follow suit.