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The Clinical, Social, and Cultural Harm of an Iatrogenic Psychiatry

Mad in America

In the mid-twentieth century, in addition to Illich, there were other prominent thinkers such as Erich Fromm and Lewis Mumford concerned that an increasingly technological, institutionalized, machine-like society was resulting in loss of our humanity.

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Investing in our mental health: Priorities for the NHS ten-year plan

Centre for Mental Health

million referrals to NHS Talking Therapies more than double the figure in 2012/13 In 2021/22, a total cost of 596.8 Early economic analysis by NICE suggests that these technologies could be cost-effective based on current prices and evidence. This is highly likely to be excellent value for public money. million appointments.

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ANMH Commends us surgeon general’s Advisory on youth mental health Crisis

ACTNow for Mental Health (ANMH)

This has been reflected in in increased emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts, which were higher for adolescent girls and boys than other populations in 2021. [2] 2] The Advisory takes a cross-sector approach, stressing that youth mental health cannot be addressed by just one entity.

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Beyond Greenspaces and Mental Health: The Power of the Wild

Mad in America

Critiques, Knots and Unknowings Expanding on these two pathways of exploration, I found that attending to ‘mental health’ in the context of urban greenspace and climate change involved a knotting of complex concepts and experiences into shiny, technological words.

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Why Failed Psychiatry Lives On: Its Industrial Complex, Politics, & Technology Worship

Mad in America

In 2021, New York Times reporter Benedict Carey, after covering psychiatry for twenty years, concluded that psychiatry had done “little to improve the lives of the millions of people living with persistent mental distress. Psychiatry’s technology history is one of repeated failures.

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“A Dangerous Substance”: The Impact of Social Media on Youth Mental Health

Mad in America

She wrote her own book on the topic, Virtual Child: The Terrifying Truth about what Technology is Doing to Children , and offers webinars designed to promote healthier habits for adults and kids both. All of this is familiar to Cris Rowan, a pediatric occupational therapist based in British Columbia. Including her.