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Covers:  Health, mental health, neuroscience, social issues.
Covering the mental health system | Audio enthusiast, I write as well | 2022 @IWMF grantee | 2020 @pulitzercenter fellow | @columbiajourn @sciencespoEDJ

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Astrid Landon’s Biography

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I'm an audio reporter, editor and producer. I'm also an investigative journalist writing about the mental health system and healthcare in the U.S. and France.

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The sex surrogacy dilemma

The sex surrogacy dilemma

Could an experimental form of therapy be the key to sexual autonomy for people with disabilities?

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The French are selling their chateaus for cheap. Americans are discovering why.

The French are selling their chateaus for cheap. Americans are discovering why.

Americans see French chateaus as money makers. Turns out they're money pits.

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Blood test could help diagnose bipolar disorder - but some researchers are sceptical

Blood test could help diagnose bipolar disorder - but some researchers are sceptical

A test based on biomarkers aims to speed up diagnosis and enable prompt treatment. But not everyone is convin…

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Why Did Dissociative Identity Disorder Explode on TikTok? - MindSite News

Why Did Dissociative Identity Disorder Explode on TikTok? - MindSite News

TikTok content on dissociative identity disorder (DID), a rare mental illness, exploded among teens and youth…

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Dissociative Identity Disorder Through the Ages - MindSite News

Dissociative Identity Disorder Through the Ages - MindSite News

From the Renaissance to Sybil Exposed, the existence of multiple personalities has been explored for centurie…

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Marcel Pagnol : Au pays de l'enfance

Marcel Pagnol : Au pays de l'enfance

Dans ce premier épisode de notre podcast La Gloire de Marcel Pagnol, nous serons assis aux côtés du petit Mar…

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Listening for schizophrenia: How AI could help with early diagnosis

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By Astrid Landon
| Knowable Magazine
Schizophrenia is tough to diagnose. Patients may present with hallucinations (sometimes), social withdrawal (maybe) or delusions (not always). More generally, they just sound unlike themselves. Clinicians rely on their expertise and subtle cues to determine how different patients’ speech is, along with which symptoms appear over time, to justify leaning toward schizophrenia rather than another mental illness. This leads to delays in diagnosis.
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The sex surrogacy dilemma

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By Astrid Landon
| Prospect Magazine Verified
In 2013, the French newspaper Libération published an unusual op-ed. “I am in a wheelchair,” wrote Patricia Assouline, then 41 years old, and a virgin. “I try my best, but I can’t. My sex drive is so high that I am writhed in pain.” Assouline, a theatre actor, is unable to use her arms or legs. Consumed by her involuntary abstinence, she was struggling with a deep depression at the time. “I told myself it would never happen.
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The French are selling their châteaus for cheap. Americans are discovering why. Original

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By Astrid Landon
| Business Insider Verified
Three years ago, when Mark Goff and Phillip Engel had their first viewing of Château Avensac in the south of France, only one thing prevented the California couple from putting in an offer: Was it old enough? The gate tower, supporting walls, and stone bridge at the estate's entrance date back to the original medieval castle built in 1320. But the main building — a 48-room château with sweeping views of the Gers, the rural, foie-gras-producing region of southwest France — was rebuilt in the 1820s.
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Gold Digital Health Award

2023 - Investigative journalism
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