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Women’s Mental Health Care: A Historical Perspective & Progress

Lightwork

Medical “expertise” was used to justify limiting women’s roles in society, perpetuating a cycle of oppression that adversely affected mental well-being across generations. Research shows that women who engage in regular self-care practices report lower stress levels and improved mental well-being.

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“All Real Living Is Meeting”: Brent Robbins on Love, Death, and the Possibilities of Psychology

Mad in America

I went to see Whitaker, and he presented a systematic, well-researched critique of antipsychotics, laying out the long-term harms in a way that was deeply grounded in empirical literature. Another example Ive studied and presented on is anorexia. It gives us a way to evaluate success and failure, a structure for self-esteem.