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It pushes them toward dangerous behavior and away from professional help—and puts their lives at risk.
Emma Brown is a reporter on the Washington Post’s investigative team. She previously worked as a wilderness ranger and as a middle school math teacher before discovering journalism during an internship at High Country News, a magazine that covers the American West. She worked as an intern at the Center for Investigative Reporting and The Boston Globe before joining The Washington Post in 2009.