Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Abigail Schreier. She's a journalist, writer for the Wall Street Journal and an author.

Therapy use is becoming more prevalent while mental health is getting worse.

The question is, are these two things causing each other, or just happening at the same time?

It's a lively one today as I try to get to the bottom of this. Expect to learn what is happening with modern mental health,

the typical time frame of mental health for young people,

what the current statistics are around therapy,

what kinds of people see therapists the most, if there are any dangers to

psychotherapy, why there might be an over-diagnosis and pathologization of

normal human emotions happening, why Abigail thinks there is such an increase in mental health

disorders and much more.

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