“Toxic” relationships, “burnout”, “productivity dysmorphia” – why do we medicalise societal problems?
Real structural political challenges are being dressed up with medical language and turned into pop psychology.
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The pandemic cured my OCD, but not before it got much worse
For years, I had an irrational terror of doing harm to others. Covid made that a reality.
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Why we can’t treat our way out of the mental health crisis
More doctors providing more pills isn’t the answer.
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School closures further isolate a lonely generation – and the effect on children could be disastrous
Promised online resources to “boost mental health support” are no substitute for what schools offer children: friends, exercise, purpose and safeguarding.
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Euphoria offers a much-needed, fresh perspective on mental health problems in teenage girls
For 22 hours Rue has been entombed in her duvet watching Love Island. Time slips into nothingness, but Ian Stirling’s…
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How mindfulness privatised a social problem
Governments often opt for treatments that focus on the individual rather than social maladies.
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Cruel voyeurism: why reality TV shows are inherently bad for contestants’ mental health
When I was 17, the women’s clothes store where I worked in Birmingham crowned me the all-time worst sales rep.…
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Unlicensed Drugs on the Rise: How Diazepam and Other Prescription Medications are Bought Online
On a subsection of the social media website Reddit, users swap “pill porn” pictures of prescription drugs they have acquired. Some show…
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Why Netflix’s To the Bone could be triggering
Jokes about how Emma Stone is “fat” are deeply misplaced and can simply move the goalposts for more vulnerable audiences
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How Fight Club explores psychology and mental illness
Dr Elizabeth Nelson of the Pacifica Graduate Institute in California explains how film can teach psychological concepts.
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