Rob Waters
@robwaters-mindsite.bsky.social
Veteran health and mental health journalist. Founding editor, MindSite News, the only national news outlet in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to mental health reporting.
Our new story on what's happening inside the agency tasked with leading America's efforts to battle the mental health and addiction crises. We interviewed current and recently fired federal employees. It isn't pretty. mindsitenews.org/2025/03/14/c...
Chaos at SAMHSA: Inside America's mental health agency - MindSite News
Chaos at SAMHSA: The agency tasked with leading the fight against mental illness and addiction is going through an existential crisis.
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Our new story on what's happening inside the agency tasked with leading America's efforts to battle the mental health and addiction crises. We interviewed current and recently fired federal employees. It isn't pretty. mindsitenews.org/2025/03/14/c...
Chaos at SAMHSA: Inside America's mental health agency - MindSite News
Chaos at SAMHSA: The agency tasked with leading the fight against mental illness and addiction is going through an existential crisis.
mindsitenews.org
Thanks to @robwaters-mindsite.bsky.social and @mindsitenews.bsky.social for a terrific look at my new book, "Doctored" -- an examination of challenges and fraud in Alzheimer's research mindsitenews.org/2025/02/10/s...
Photoshopped Images, Scientific Fraud Derail Quest for Alzheimer’s Treatments - MindSite News
A reporter uncovers evidence that research fraud on a massive scale has hyped the potential benefit of expensive drugs aimed at slowing or reversing the mental decline of patients with Alzheimer’s dis...
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And this story and interview on the new documentary about the renowned Stanford Prison Experiment. Fascinating read, I think. mindsitenews.org/2024/11/21/d...
Series Reveals the Secrets Behind the Stanford Prison Experiment - MindSite News
A riveting new documentary series talks with the former youths from a famous Stanford experiment that quickly devolved into violence.
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Delighted to join Bluesky and have smart, civil conversation— and to share great reporting we've been doing at @mindsitenews.bsky.social. Like this from an incarcerated journalist on the huge number of people with ADHD behind bars—and the lack of services for them. mindsitenews.org/2024/11/21/t...
ADHD boosts risk of criminal behavior but goes untreated in prison - MindSite News
Up to half of prisoners have ADHD, but they rarely get treated, even though research shows treatment can reduce recidivism and ease reentry.
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