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Podcast: Skeptics in the Pub Online Podcast
Episode: SitPO - Skepticamp 2024 - Talk 15 - What Mental Health Crisis? Psychiatrization & Social Media - Shayna Weisz
Description: This audio is a part of the Skepticamp 2024 event, that happened on October 18th 2024 in Mercure Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester and was livestreamed at https://www.twitch.tv/sitp
About the talk:
1 in 8 people globally are affected by a mental disorder, yet despite research, knowledge and awareness efforts, mental health is still increasing at an alarming rate. Could there be something misleading us in the data, an underlying reason why so many are identifying as mentally ill these days that is being overlooked? I will explain the concept of the “psychiatrization of society” as a possible explanation, in part...