Carl Sherman has covered science, medicine, and other aspects of health as a full-time freelance writer for more than 30 years. He has written for national consumer magazines, medical trade publications, newspapers, and websites of non-profit organizations and government agencies. His work includes full-length and shorter features, books, news reports, profiles, and coverage of medical conferences. Sherman has reported knowledgeably on virtually all areas of medicine, as well as such related lifestyle topics as nutrition, fitness, and stress reduction, and various aspects of the health sciences.Mind, brain, and behavior, in their diverse aspects, are a specialty. His column on “Practical Psychopharmacology” was featured in a psychiatric newspaper for eight years. He received a special recognition award for excellence in journalism from the American Psychoanalytic Association. He has written on relationship and mental health issues of daily life for consumers, and his books include a compendium of “stress remedies” and a guide to psychotherapy. In recent years, he has reported on neuroscience in depth.His recent work has included full-length features on COVID and the brain, and on the mental health problems of athletes, musicians, and other performers.