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Apr 9, 2024 · Shrier considers most of modern psychotherapy to be “bad therapy”—hence the title—and “bad therapy encourages hyperfocus on one’s emotional states, which in turn makes symptoms worse” (p....
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Feb 27, 2024 · Of the many claims in Bad Therapy, the idea that we are pathologizing normal childhood distress while limiting children’s opportunities to be independent and take risks is the one that truly...
- Anna Nordberg
Aug 16, 2024 · First, when we look at society in the aggregate, the unprecedented expansion in the availability of mental health therapies—both pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical—has not produced a decrease in the occurrence of the symptoms we’re supposed to be treating.
Mar 4, 2024 · In their phenomenal book Deaths of Despair, Angus Deaton and Anne Case explain why we have an epidemic of people dying from suicide, drug overdoses, and alcohol-related causes. According to the most recent CDC data, the primary ages for suicide are 25-44. After that is ages 65 and older.
- Chris Boutté
Mental health care can be lifesaving when properly applied to children with severe needs, but for the typical child, the cure can be worse than the disease. Bad Therapy is a must-read for anyone questioning why our efforts to bolster America’s kids have backfired—and what it will take for parents to lead a turnaround.
Apr 17, 2024 · In Bad Therapy, bestselling investigative journalist Abigail Shrier argues that the problem isn’t the kids—it’s the mental health experts. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with child psychologists, parents, teachers, and young people, Shrier explores the ways the mental health industry has transformed the way we teach, treat, discipline ...
Feb 27, 2024 · Youth suicide rates are climbing, antidepressant prescriptions for children are common, and the proliferation of mental health diagnoses has not helped the staggering number of kids who are lonely, lost, sad and fearful of growing up. What’s gone wrong with America’s youth?
