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Home » Global Investigative Journalism - The Dial » New This Week from The Dial: An Essay on Schizophrenia & Poem About the Tavistock Hotel

New This Week from The Dial: An Essay on Schizophrenia & Poem About the Tavistock Hotel

March 19, 2026

Composite of two images: the top half, an image of a blurred woman in a shower, the camera focused on the water droplets on the glass. The bottom image is an illustration of a pale blue window with a line drawing of curtains with tulips on them.The Dial publishes two pieces a week, one original to The Dial and one in translation. This week’s articles include:

I Don’t Want to Be Like You by Amanda Marton Ramaciotti

In 1994, my mother had her first psychotic break.

The Tavistock by Carmien Michels (Tr. Michele Hutchison)

A poem.

Funds from The de Groot Foundation support writers contributing to The Dial.

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