Are We Talking About Therapy Too Much?
July 9, 2024
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as posted by the channelDoes everyone really need therapy?
The destigmatization of mental health problems—and the normalization that many people do struggle with severe mental illnesses—has been one of the great cultural transformations of the 21st century. But has this shift carried unintended consequences?
After all, what if therapy is less like exercisesomething everyone should do to be healthyand more like prescription medicationsomething you should only really use if you need it? Host Jerusalem Demsas talks to Dr. Lucy Foulkes () , a researcher at the University of Oxford who has become increasingly concerned that raising awareness is not unambiguously good.
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