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Lisa Pryor

Urbanism, politics, culture and medicine More

Urbanism, politics, culture and medicine More

Lisa Pryor is a medical doctor in Sydney, Australia, working in mental health in one of the most culturally diverse parts of the city. Before becoming a doctor, she was a journalist for several publications, including The Sydney Morning Herald, where she worked as an investigative reporter, columnist and opinion editor. 

She is the author of “A Small Book About Drugs: The Debate We Need to Have About Recreational Drugs” and also wrote “The Pin-Striped Prison: How Overachievers Get Trapped in Corporate Jobs They Hate,” which was inspired by her experience of studying for her law degree at the University of Sydney.

  1. Has Australia Reached a Climate Tipping Point?

    After a summer of devastating fires, we need to ask ourselves hard questions about how we live.

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  2. Mental Illness Isn’t All in Your Head

    A “formulation” gathers the biological, psychological and social factors that lead to a mental illness — and offers clues to the way out of suffering.

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  3. Australia: Wealthy but Still Second Rate

    For all our good fortune there is a sense in the country that these times, the best of times, have not brought out the best in us.

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  4. I Highly Recommend Joining This Cult

    I am slashing my spending and rethinking my bourgeois ways. You should, too.

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  5. How to Have a Better Conversation About Mental Illness

    The public discussion about mental health has become too focused on moderate illnesses.

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  6. Beyond My White Sydney Bubble

    I fear both the left and the right have it wrong when it comes to integration.

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  7. How to Counter the Circus of Pseudoscience

    Alternative-health gurus harness the language of medicine to sound authoritative. Doctors and other scientists must push back.

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  8. Australia’s Refugee Policy of Cruelty

    Now that the conditions for refugees on Manus Island are being exposed, you might think Australians will demand a change. It’s highly unlikely.

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  9. Heterosexuals Deserve Our Support

    One particular family arrangement appears to have a slight advantage when it comes to raising children.

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  10. Is Naming and Shaming Rapists the Only Way to Bring Them to Justice?

    The courts have failed, so women are taking to social media to expose the men they say attacked them.

    By Lisa Pryor