562: The Mental Health Crisis Is Not What We Think It Is With Laura Delano
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
There is DEFINITELY a mental health crisis in the U.S. right now. But it's not about a lack of access to treatment or meds. Nearly one in four adults is on psychiatric meds, and nearly one in ten children is, as well. The crisis has to do with med-induced harm, according to Laura Delano, the author of "Unshrunk". And Laura speaks from her own first-hand experience with the American mental health industry. Since her early teen years, she has been on countless meds, including Seroquel, Prozac, Effexor, Provigil, Ambien, and Klonopin, all without any improvement in her worsening symptoms.
Today, she describes her own mental health journey, offers insights about what sparked her questioning of the system, and why she's concluded that we would do well to question the nature of the crisis and to get curious about how to promote wellbeing with alternatives to psychiatric drugs.
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| 0:00.0 | the more compliant I became as a psychiatric patient, the more I listened to my doctor's recommendations |
| 0:06.2 | and took my meds as prescribed and reported my symptoms and focused on being a good patient, |
| 0:12.8 | the more my life fell apart. |
| 0:15.5 | And, you know, in mind, body, and spirit. |
| 0:17.7 | So I began to have all kinds of health issues, digestive issues, weight |
| 0:23.2 | issues, skin issues, sleep issues, aching joints, all these kinds of chronic health problems. |
| 0:30.4 | And mentally and emotionally, I kept spinning out more and more and looking to everyone around |
| 0:35.0 | me, quote unquote, more mentally ill. |
| 0:38.5 | No one once ever, including myself, ever stepped back to wonder what role these many |
| 0:45.9 | medications might be playing. |
| 0:53.1 | From the Weston A. Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions podcast for wise traditions in food, farming, and the healing arts. |
| 1:01.1 | We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health. |
| 1:10.5 | And now here is our host and producer Hilda Labrata Gore. |
| 1:16.2 | Hey, Hilda here. |
| 1:18.4 | There is definitely a mental health crisis in the United States. |
| 1:21.8 | But it is not about not sufficient access to treatment for the mentally ill. |
| 1:27.3 | More people are on psychiatric drugs |
| 1:29.4 | right now than ever before, and nearly one in four adults is on them and as many as one in 10 |
| 1:35.8 | children. So what is the actual mental health crisis about? This is episode 562, and our guest |
| 1:43.4 | today is Laura Delano. |
| 1:45.4 | Laura is the author of Unshrunk. |
| 1:47.7 | She's also the founder of the Inner Compass Initiative and a leading voice in the movement |
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