Health writer for Time.com
Maia Szalavitz appears in the following:
Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Drugs Edition
Friday, August 25, 2017
The media coverage of drug abuse is often fraught with hyperbole and inaccuracy. We dispel some of the most common myths.
Why We Should Say Someone Is A 'Person With An Addiction,' Not An Addict
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Journalists should quit calling a person who uses drugs an "addict," according to The Associated Press Stylebook. This follows a trend toward "person first" descriptions of people with diseases.
Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Drugs Edition
Friday, April 14, 2017
The media coverage of drug abuse is often fraught with hyperbole and inaccuracy. We dispel some of the most common myths.
Does Addiction Treatment Require A Higher Power?
Sunday, May 01, 2016
Author Maia Szalavitz argues that it's impossible to destigmatize addiction while also rendering it the only diagnosis in medicine for which the treatment is explicitly moral.
Addiction as a Learning Disorder
Thursday, April 07, 2016
Americans commonly think of drug addiction as one of two things: a crime, or a disease. One expert says it's neither.
Following Up: Pot and Psychosis
Friday, January 14, 2011
Maia Szalavitz, neuroscience journalist and contributor to Time magazine's Healthland blog, discusses some of the research examining the connection between marijuana use and psychosis.
Drugs; Pulitzers; Community Access TV
Sunday, April 12, 1998
Addiction: From "Reefer Madness" to "Trainspotting." Does the Media Get it Right?
Covering AIDS (hour 1); Stories Not Told (hour 2)
Sunday, November 14, 1993
Stories you need to know about that the press didn't tell you.
