This week’s episode examines the connection between capitalism and declining mental health in the United States. From the pressure the system places on workers to its ruthless manner of discarding those who suffer from mental illness, capitalism has become a central figure in the mental health narrative in frightening ways.

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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Mental Illness

National Library of Medicine: António Egas Moniz (1874–1955): Lobotomy pioneer and Nobel laureate

TIME: America Has No Way to Take Care of Mentally Ill People

Salon: Ronald Reagan's shameful legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness

Psychiatry.org: About DSM-5-TR

WHO: COVID-19 pandemic triggers 25% increase in prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide

New York Times: New York City to Involuntarily Remove Mentally Ill People From Streets

Medical News Today: 'Weathering': The health effects of stress and discrimination

Mad in America

Book Love

Kay Redfield Jamison: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

Micha Frazer-Carroll: Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health

Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD: Bedlam: An Intimate Journey into America’s Mental Health Crisis

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