Internet Psychobabble and its Consequences (Have Been a Disaster for the Human Race)

This week we sat down with our old comrade and actual Psychiatrist, Dr Byron, to talk about mental health, the left, and how TikTok is ruining everyones brains. Psychiatric Hegemony: A Marxist Theory of Mental Illness (review for relevant book)https://www.madinamerica.com/2017/03/psychiatric-hegemony-marxist-theory-mental-illness/ What the Anti-Psychiatry Movement Got Wrong About Mental Illnesshttps://jacobin.com/2022/03/anti-psychiatry-movement-mental-illness-psychological-suffering Psychiatry Won’t Solve Our Mental Health Crisis — Only Politics Can Do Thathttps://jacobin.com/2023/12/psychiatry-history-trauma-politics-medicine-mental-healthThis Is Not the Way to Help Depressed Teenagers (NYT discussing the WISE Teens Study)https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/opinion/teenagers-mental-health-treatment.htmlThe functions of the mental health system under capitalism https://joannamoncrieff.com/2022/03/28/the-functions-of-the-mental-health-system-under-capitalism/

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