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Commenters say capitalism and politics are driving mental health crisis

Original: MENTAL HEALTH NEWS I see the media articles are starting to flow now in which we are told the way capitalists and politi

A growing wave of media articles argues that economic and political pressures — work insecurity, inequality and coercive systems — are harming public mental health. Commentators sympathetic to the argument say the link has been obvious for years and are demanding structural change rather than individual treatment, while the coverage itself is drawing renewed attention to social causes of mental illness.

Why now: A new round of mainstream articles framing mental health problems as systemic is prompting debate about economic and political causes.

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• MENTAL HEALTH NEWS I see the media articles are starting to flow now in which we are told the way capitalists and politicians coerce our lives is making us all mentally unwell. This has been obvious to some of us for quite some time. There is a solution: FUCKING STOP IT! #… · Black_Flag@beige.party · 11

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