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On a gray, rainy day in March 2024, Dr. Norman Rosenthal, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical School, called me from Maryland to, ironically, discuss spring euphoria.

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If you are having thoughts of suicide, or someone you know is in immediate danger, you should call 911 (or your country's local emergency line) or go to an emergency room. Explain that it is a ...