🧵Why is mental health disability rising? Here are key reasons rarely discussed in mainstream media:
1/ For decades we've neglected tackling the social determinants of societal distress, relying instead on medicalisation as a superficial ‘fix’ for downstream harms. This has......
1/ For decades we've neglected tackling the social determinants of societal distress, relying instead on medicalisation as a superficial ‘fix’ for downstream harms. This has......
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2/ Instead of addressing social harms, we've pathologised them. This has turned victims of enduring unjust policy into chronic patients, fuelling long-term prescriptions & treatment-induced iatrogenic disability.
6/ We must recognise that solving our disability crisis won’t be found in inhumane & fiscally illiterate cuts, which will worsen the lives of the most vulnerable, but in tackling social determinants...
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https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/117709/pdf/
Her prescription led to a 2-year prescribing cascade. My son became unable to function and nearly lost his life.