Mental Health Care in America: Capitalism’s Invisible Blight on the American Mind.
Unf*cking The Republic
UNFTR Media
4.9 • 683 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2024
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
This week’s episode examines the connection between capitalism and declining mental health in the United States. From the pressure the system places on workers to its ruthless manner of discarding those who suffer from mental illness, capitalism has become a central figure in the mental health narrative in frightening ways.
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Resources
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Mental Illness
National Library of Medicine: António Egas Moniz (1874–1955): Lobotomy pioneer and Nobel laureate
TIME: America Has No Way to Take Care of Mentally Ill People
Salon: Ronald Reagan's shameful legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness
Psychiatry.org: About DSM-5-TR
WHO: COVID-19 pandemic triggers 25% increase in prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide
New York Times: New York City to Involuntarily Remove Mentally Ill People From Streets
Medical News Today: 'Weathering': The health effects of stress and discrimination
Book Love
Kay Redfield Jamison: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Micha Frazer-Carroll: Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health
Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD: Bedlam: An Intimate Journey into America’s Mental Health Crisis
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