The truth about child therapy – Abigail Shrier

Описание: Is mental health overdiagnosis harming children? Abigail Shrier, author of Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up, joins Freddy Gray on the Americano show to discuss how mental health experts are potentially damaging children. Have our efforts to support our children backfired?

//CHAPTERS
00:00 – Introduction
01:09 – The rise of mental health spending and its consequences
02:21 – Are modern mental health treatments making things worse?
03:38 – Why therapy for children is different from therapy for adults
06:52 – Parenting, therapy, and the outsourcing of emotional upbringing
09:23 – The impact of smartphones on children’s mental health
10:37 – Are we seeing a movement against over-therapeutic culture?
12:08 – The illusion of achieving constant happiness
13:24 – Over-medication of young people and its long-term risks
15:39 – Links between 'Bad Therapy' and the transgender movement
22:24 – How parents can course-correct before it’s too late
23:37 – Conclusion

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